Russia’s government on Friday denied using Facebook ads to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election on Friday, saying in a statement it didn’t even know “how to place an advert” on the social media giant.
“We do not know … how to place an advert on Facebook. We have never done this, and the Russian side has never been involved in it,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, according to Reuters.
In a blog post on Wednesday, Facebook’s chief security officer revealed that 470 inauthentic accounts spent roughly $100,000 on adds during last year’s election. The accounts have since been suspended.
Facebook on Thursday agreed to turn over copies and details of roughly 3,000 ads purchased by Russia-linked groups during the 2016 election on its platform to congressional investigators. In a post, Facebook’s general counsel Colin Stretch said it was “vitally important” authorities determine the extent of Russian meddling.
“We believe it is vitally important that government authorities have the information they need to deliver to the public a full assessment of what happened in the 2016 election,” Stretch said Thursday.
“That is an assessment that can be made only by investigators with access to classified intelligence and information from all relevant companies and industries — and we want to do our part.”
…….
- Discussion
-
Russia: We never bought political Facebook ads, we don't even know how to https://t.co/1OuiHArgqm pic.twitter.com/yZNfl6P4kM
— The Hill (@thehill) September 22, 2017
BREAKING: Russia never placed political ads on Facebook – Kremlin on alleged interference in US election https://t.co/hKFtqCCj7B pic.twitter.com/sUS5JyDsSw
— RT (@RT_com) September 22, 2017
Do not believe *anything* until the Kremlin denies it™ https://t.co/Gkbh8ur7Mj
— Darth Putin (@DarthPutinKGB) September 22, 2017
“We do not know … how to place an advert on Facebook. We have never done this”
HAHAHAHAHAHA! Those Russians! They sure are wild and crazy guys! Too funny.
You must be logged in to reply to this topic.