Kremlin: Russia did not use Facebook adverts to sway U.S. election

[DonViejo]

Source: Reuters




SEPTEMBER 22, 2017 / 5:28 AM / UPDATED 6 HOURS AGO

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia did not place adverts on Facebook Inc to try to influence the 2016 U.S. Presidential election, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday.

U.S. lawmakers have urged the Federal Election Commission to require transparency for social media advertising after Russian entities purchased political adverts during and after the 2016 election.

“We do not know ... how to place an advert on Facebook. We have never done this, and the Russian side has never been involved in it,” Peskov told a conference call with reporters.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-facebook/kremlin-russia-did-not-use-facebook-adverts-to-sway-u-s-election-idUSKCN1BX109

[jberryhill]

1. Oh, okay

Good of them to clear this up.

[Old Vet]

15. Well shit, That settles that......NOT

[Honeycombe8]

2. Oh, well that clears THAT up! If the Kremlin says so, it MUST be true!!!!

[DetlefK]

3. Oh, they don't know how place an ad in Facebook. That's soooooooo cute.

"Cookie-jar? Me? I don't even know how cookie-jars work!"

[Sneederbunk]

11. No but they knew someone in the Trump Campaign who did.

[Eliot Rosewater]

4. Thank goodness, now I can go mow the lawn and stop all this

silly stuff about Russia.

Repeat after me


"Russia is our Pal!"

"Russia is our Pal!"

"Russia is our Pal!"

[ffr]

5. They're not very good at lying, by the looks of it.

Really good and giving rubes what they want, in the way they want it though.

[bucolic_frolic]

6. No, they had arm's-length agents do it for them

'agent without portfolio'

[ATL Ebony]

7. So glad you guys spoke to clear up the good name of Russia. Pls accept our apologies.

[C Moon]

8. And these are the bad-liar leaders the GOP put their traitor-trust in.

Too bad for you GOP: you should have given them some lessons—lying is about all your good for.

[Girard442]

9. Why again is it that a Kremlin spokesman has to comment on what some random 400 lb. teen hackers do?

Next thing you know, Putin will be denying putting flaming bags of dog poop on people's doorsteps on Halloween.

[TheDebbieDee]

10. LOLOLOLOLOL! (Inhales.) Hahahaha...

[KY_EnviroGuy]

12. Does this give anyone but me a flashback.....

Of Saddam Hussein's Information Minister, "Baghdad Bob"?

[lark]

13. No wonder drumpf likes Russia, they lie every bit as much as he does.

[delisen]

14. Reminds me of the Russian ambassador

feigning shocked surprise upon hearing that Comey had been fired.

[dalton99a]

16. I always trust the Kremlin

[Blue_Tires]

17. Like the old adage goes:

"It isn't officially a real story until the Kremlin denies it."

[Tommy_Carcetti]

18. Okay.

[poli-junkie]

19. So the Kremlin are geniuses at hacking...

...but they can't place an advert on Facebook??????

[keithbvadu2]

20. Of course we can trust Russia? - "Russia is our friend"

[Xolodno]

21. Well of course not silly!

The Kremlin invested in shell companies that bought the adds. See, a degree of separation! Putin didn't know what these shell companies would do!