The biggest impact was through ordinary posts by Russian-backed Facebook groups that were not paid. These Facebook ads, like others that had emerged in news reports over the past several weeks, had the apparent goal of needling America’s cultural sore spots. Another Facebook ad promoted a “Down With Hillary!” rally in July 2016 outside Clinton’s campaign headquarters in Brooklyn. Yet another ad targeted the other end of the political spectrum with the creation of a “Black Matters” community page. The rally was targeted using Facebook’s targeting tools towards supporters of Donald Trump and Donald Trump Jr.More than 300,000 people liked the fake Russian Facebook group United Muslims of AmericaMany ads were paid for using the Russian payment platform, Qiwi.

Source: thestar November 01, 2017 19:18 UTC