Among the Russian ads released by House Democrats this week were links promoting malicious Chrome extensions. https://media.wired.com/photos/5af614f7b6133764df488088/master/pass/russia_malware_facebook_chrome_extensions-FINAL.jpg
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House Democrats Release 3,500 Russia-Linked Facebook Ads
In the most extensive look yet at the IRA troll factory’s Facebook efforts, familiar themes emerge. https://media.wired.com/photos/5af376781c2fa03b20d0134d/master/pass/IRA_Ad-914660338.jpg
Facebook: 126 million Americans may have seen Russia-linked political posts
(Reuters) — Facebook Inc said on Monday that Russia-based operatives published about 80,000 posts on the social network over a two-year period in an effort to sway U.S. politics and that about 126 million Americans may have seen the posts during that time. Facebook’s latest data on the Russia-linked posts – possibly reaching around half […]
Facebook says 10 million people saw Russia-linked ads (FB)
Getty Facebook revealed on Monday that 10 million of its users saw the roughly 3,000 ads it said were linked to Russia. Elliot Schrage, the company’s VP of policy and communications, said in a blog post that 44% of the ads were seen before the 2016 US presidential election and that 56% were seen after the election. […]
Twitter suspends hundreds of Russia-linked accounts
(Reuters) — Twitter said on Thursday it had suspended hundreds of Russian-linked accounts and would ramp up enforcement of its spam rules as it probes online campaigns to influence the 2016 U.S. election. Although the company’s disclosures in briefings to U.S. congressional staff and a public blog post were its most detailed to date on […]
