Facebook Will Use Postcards To Fight Foreign Meddling In US Politics – Fortune

Wall Street Journal Facebook Will Use Postcards To Fight Foreign Meddling In US PoliticsFortuneA Facebook executive says the social network will begin using paper postcards to try and stop foreign meddlers—for instance, Russian agents—from buying ads designed to influence U.S. elections. Before the 2016 Presidential election, nearly 10 million …For Tech Giants, Halting Russian Meddling in US Politics Won't Be EasyWall Street Journal How Unwitting Americans Encountered Russian Operatives OnlineNew York TimesFacebook VP says mainstream media distorted Russia's interference in US politicsTheBlaze.comWashington Post –CNN –Fox News –Department of Justiceall 714 news articles » us…

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Facebook says 126 million people in the US may have seen posts produced by Russian-government-backed agents – Recode

Recode Facebook says 126 million people in the US may have seen posts produced by Russian-government-backed agentsRecodeFacebook, Google and Twitter plan to tell congressional investigators this week that the scope of Russia's campaign to spread disinformation on their sites — and to potentially disrupt the 2016 U.S. presidential race — is much broader than the …Russia's election posts reached 126 million people, Facebook will tell CongressThe Verge Facebook, Twitter, Google to Tell Congress How Russia MeddledBloombergRussian posts 'reached up to 126 million users' around US election, Facebook saysFRANCE 24Daily Sabah –ABC…

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Facebook now says 126 million Americans probably saw Russian posts that tried to sway US politics – Business Insider

Business Insider Facebook now says 126 million Americans probably saw Russian posts that tried to sway US politicsBusiness InsiderWASHINGTON, Oct 30 (Reuters) – Facebook 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 US politics, and that about 126 million Americans may have seen the …Russia-based operatives published about 80000 posts on Facebook to sway US politics: ReportFirstpost Facebook estimates 126 million people were served content from Russia-linked pagesCNNMoneyFacebook says 126 million Americans may have seen…

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Congress finally has a bill to regulate Facebook. Here’s what it says. – Quartz

Quartz Congress finally has a bill to regulate Facebook. Here's what it says.QuartzThe US Congress wants to regulate Facebook, Twitter, Google, and other internet companies like broadcasting companies. Three US senators will introduce the “Honest Ads Act” tomorrow (Oct. 19) that would essentially make these companies follow the …and more » us congress – Google News

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Facebook to overhaul political ads, share some with US Congress – Reuters

Reuters Facebook to overhaul political ads, share some with US CongressReutersChief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said the company would start by sharing with U.S. congressional investigators some 3,000 political ads that it says Russia-based operatives ran on Facebook in the months before and after last year's U.S. presidential …Facebook to share Russia-linked ads with US CongressReuters.com Facebook Says It's Submitting 3000 Russia-Linked Ads To US CongressRadioFreeEurope/RadioLibertyFacebook is promising major ad changes to stop Russia and other foreign actors from influencing US electionsRecodeTelegraph.co.uk –New York Times –NPR –Facebook Newsroomall 308 news articles » us congress –…

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