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Facebook found essentially no Russian effort to sway Brexit vote

InOctober,UKofficialsaskedFacebooktolookintothepossibilitythatRussiangroupshadattemptedtoswaytheBrexitreferendumthroughthesite.Theywereparticularlyinterestedinw

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Facebook suspends ability to target ads by excluding racial groups

FacebookInc(FB.O)saidonWednesdayitwastemporarilydisablingtheabilityofadvertisersonitssocialnetworktoexcluderacialgroupsfromtheintendedaudienceofadswhileitstudie

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Companies pull ads from YouTube over comments in child videos

YouTubeisonceagainfacinganadvertiserfallout.HP,candygiantMarsandotherbig-namebrandsarepullingtheiradsfromthestreamingsiteafterBuzzFeedandTimesstoriesrevealedtha

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Senators want FEC to improve transparency for online political ads

It'snotjustcompanieslikeGoogleaskingtheFederalElectionCommissiontoimprovedisclosureforonlinepoliticalads.Agroupof15Democratsenators(ledbySens.ClaireMcCaskill,Am

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US Democrats see a digital breakthrough in Virginia wins

DemocratsseeRalphNortham'sbigwinintheVirginiagovernor'sraceasabreakthroughmomentfortheleft'sdigitalefforts.AyearafterRepublicansleapfroggedtheDemocrats'digitalc

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US lawmakers release sample of Russian-bought Facebook ads

USlawmakersreleasedabatchofRussian-boughtFacebookadsonWednesdaythatshowcasedpoliticallychargedcontentallegedlyspreadonsocialmediabyMoscowaheadofthe2016USelectio

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U.S. Senators blast Facebook, Twitter, Google in Russia probe

ExasperatedUSsenatorsharshlycriticizedrepresentativesofFacebook,TwitterandGoogleatahearingTuesdayfornotdoingmoretopreventRussianagentsinterferingwiththeAmerican

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Facebook: Russia-linked posts may have reached 126M

FacebookhasgivennewdetailsoftheextentoftheestimatedreachofRussian-linkedmaterialduringthe2016USpresidentialelection.Aheadofcongressionaltestimony,thesocialmedia

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Facebook to disclose more on political ads

Facebookhasannouncedmeasurestomakepoliticaladvertisingonthesocialmediaplatformmoretransparent.Politicaladvertiserswillhavetoverifytheiridentityandlocationandthe

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Twitter to label election ads after US regulatory threat

TwitterInc.saidonTuesdayitwouldaddlabelstoelection-relatedadvertisementsandsaywhoisbehindeachofthem,afterathreatofregulationfromtheUnitedStatesoverthelackofdisc

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Facebook’s Sandberg favors release of Russia-linked ads

AtopFacebookexecutivesaysadslinkedtoRussiatryingtoinfluencetheUSpresidentialelectionshould“absolutely”bereleasedtothepublic,alongwithinformationonwhomtheadswere

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Facebook chief operating officer meets with Russia investigators

SherylSandberg,Facebook'schiefoperatingofficer,metwithtoplawmakersinvestigatingRussianeffortstoinfluencethe2016presidentialelectionattheCapitolWednesday,afterwh

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Google also found evidence of Russian influence in US election

Ettu,Google?SearchandadgiantGooglehasfoundevidencethatRussianagentspurchasedadsonYouTube,GoogleSearch,Gmailandthecompany'sDoubleClickadnetwork,unnamedsourceshav

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Black lawmakers call on Facebook and Twitter to purge racist ads

FacebookandTwitterarefacingrenewedcallsfromUSlawmakerstoensureadsontheirrespectiveplatformsaren'tusedtospreadhate.ThetwofirmsarecurrentlycooperatingwithCongress

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Facebook will hand-review ads targeting politics and race

WhenFacebooksaiditwashiring1,000morepeopletomanuallyreviewads,itwasn'tnecessarilycleartoeveryonewhatthatentailed--justwhatwasthefocus,andwoulditaffectupstanding

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Facebook to hire 1,000 people to review ads after Russian buys

InanefforttodeterRussiaandothercountriesfromusingtheFacebooktointerfereinothers’elections,thecompanysaidonMondaythatitplanstohire1,000morepeopletoreviewadsanden

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Facebook turns over thousands of Russia-linked ads to U.S. Congress

Facebookturnedovermorethan3,000Russia-linkedadstocongressionalinvestigatorsMonday.ThesocialmediacompanywasexpectedtoprovidetheadvertisementstotheHouseandSenateI