Facebook Will Give Congress The More Than 3,000 Ads Purchased By A Russian Troll

Source: BuzzFeed News | September 21, 2017 | Craig Silverman

Mark Zuckerberg also said the company will make political ads more transparent by enabling people to view the campaigns being run from a page.

Facing mounting pressure from government officials and the public, Facebook will now provide U.S. House and Senate intelligence committees with the more than 3,000 ads it believes were purchased by a Russian troll factory during the 2016 election, a company official told BuzzFeed News.

Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg also announced in a Facebook live that the company will put an end to so-called “dark post” ads on its platform by enabling people to view the ads being run from a page. Currently, a page can target an ad at a specific group of people on Facebook, and only those people are able to view the content.

“Not only will you have to disclose which page paid for an ad, but we will also make it so you can visit an advertiser’s page and see the ads they are currently running to any audience on Facebook,” he said. “We will roll this out over the coming months.”

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Prior to today’s announcement, Congressional investigators were frustrated by Facebook’s unwillingness to hand over more information about the ads purchased by a Russian entity known as the Internet Research Agency. The company’s general counsel explained in a blog post shared with BuzzFeed News why they decided to hand over the ads and information.

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Reuters previously reported that the company had handed over the content of at least some ads to special counsel Robert Mueller, and Zuckerberg appeared to confirm that during his brief live video.

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