Report: Russian Facebook ads sought to stress racial divisions
BY HARPER NEIDIG at the Hill
http://thehill.com/policy/technology/352331-report-russian-facebook-ads-sought-to-stress-racial-divisions
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Facebook ads from the 2016 election cycle that were linked to Russian government actors included messages that sought to exploit and divide based on hot-button racial issues, The Washington Post reported Monday.
The report says that some of the ads promoted civil rights groups such as Black Lives Matter, while others criticized them in an effort to sow division.
Facebook is handing over some 3,000 ads to congressional investigators as part of probes into the Kremlin's alleged effort to influence the outcome of last year's presidential election.
“Their aim was to sow chaos,” Sen. Mark Warner (Va.), the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, told the Post. “In many cases, it was more about voter suppression rather than increasing turnout.”
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