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Trump: 'Russia hoax continues, now it's ads on Facebook' [View all]
BY BROOKE SEIPEL - 09/22/17 07:02 AM EDT
President Trump early Friday called reports of Kremlin-linked groups buying Facebook ads to sway the 2016 election part of a "Russia hoax."
"The Russia hoax continues, now it's ads on Facebook. What about the totally biased and dishonest Media coverage in favor of Crooked Hillary?" Trump tweeted referring to former Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.
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Facebook has told investigators that it discovered thousands of political ads published on its platform over the past two years were linked to fake accounts based in Russia.
Alex Stamos, Facebook’s chief security officer, made the revelation in a blog post Wednesday. Stamos said that 470 inauthentic accounts spent about $100,000 to buy roughly 3,000 ads. He added that the accounts have since been suspended. On Thursday Facebook announced it would turn over the ads to Congressional investigators.
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http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/351856-trump-russia-hoax-continues-now-its-ads-on-facebook
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