Facebook pushed to publicly release Russian-connected ads

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill




BY ALI BRELAND - 10/08/17 10:30 AM EDT

A growing number of lawmakers are pushing for Facebook to publicly release political ads purchased on its platform by Russian actors during the 2016 elections.

They argue that the public should see the ads so that they can be informed on how foreign actors may try to exploit Facebook ads to influence them.

“The American people deserve to see the ways that the Russian intelligence services manipulated and took advantage of online platforms to stoke and amplify social and political tensions, which remains a tactic we see the Russian government rely on today,” Rep. Adam Schiff (Calif.), the House Intelligence Committee’s top Democrat, said earlier this week.
Facebook has been hesitant to make the ads public.

Though the social media giant released 3,000 advertisements to Congressional investigators this week, it only did so after initially resisting pressure from lawmakers.

Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/technology/354329-facebook-pushed-to-publicly-release-russian-connected-ads

[democratisphere]

1. Anyone that continues to use Zuckerberg's fakebook after what fakebook, Sh'tter and boggle did to

overthrow our elections, in colusion with Russia, is hypocritical.

[Baitball Blogger]

3. I am trying to figure out how to download my

Photos chronologically, because things may go south quickly if Zuckerberg gets sued.

[mopinko]

4. you can make them into a book.

it worries me, as my fb page for my farm is mo only web presence.
i have made a couple books using social books.

[fmdaddio]

2. Love to

See if any of the ads that my right wing friends sent me are Russian. Send them back and demand they acknowledge
they were conned. I know they will not but I would get some satisfaction just the same.