Google has discovered it sold tens of thousands of dollars worth of online ads to Russian-linked actors trying to influence the 2016 presidential election, according to The Washington Post.
The Post reported that the ads cost less than $100,000 and were deployed on a variety of Google’s platforms, including YouTube, Gmail and in search results.
People familiar with the ads told the outlet that the ads do not appear to originate from the Internet Research Agency, the Russian “troll farm” that Facebook said had purchased $100,000 of political ads on its platform through fake accounts.
“We have a set of strict ads policies including limits on political ad targeting and prohibitions on targeting based on race and religion,” a Google spokeswoman said in a statement. “We are taking a deeper look to investigate attempts to abuse our systems, working with researchers and other companies, and will provide assistance to ongoing inquiries.”
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Russians bought ads on YouTube, Gmail to try to influence election: report https://t.co/Ztd1ziECWP pic.twitter.com/BBa1whLgvM
— The Hill (@thehill) October 9, 2017
Operacje wpływu na proces wyborczy. Rosja rekrutowała liderów opinii #Youtube w celu negatywnego przedstaw. #Clinton https://t.co/tiyberqJK8
— Disinfo_Digest (@Disinfo_Digest) October 9, 2017
Wait, so Google's using Twitter data, and Twitter's looking at Facebook accounts to see who's a Russian propagandist? Really? pic.twitter.com/La0HkbxN4J
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) October 9, 2017
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