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U.S. Senators Grill Facebook Over Election Ads
Facebook // November 01, 2017

U.S. senators grilled Facebook’s chief lawyer this week on why the company did not catch 2016 election ads bought using Russian money, and why its investigation took so long. According to a Reuters news report, Democrats and Republicans at the Senate crime subcommittee hearing questioned...

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U.S. Senators Grill Facebook Over Election Ads

November 01, 2017
U.S. senators grilled Facebook’s chief lawyer this week on why the company did not catch 2016 election ads bought using Russian money, and why its investigation took so long. According...