Facebook will tell Congress on the procurement of advertising from Russia
Suspicion fell three thousand ads, paid for with Russian accounts.
Moscow. September 22. INTERFAX.RU Company Facebook will share with the us Congress information on advertising in the social network, which was paid for with Russian accounts, reported CNN.
The information they provide to the intelligence committees of both houses of Parliament. On Thursday, CEO mark Zuckerberg held a Facebook Live event, where he spoke about the plan for solving the problem of foreign interference in elections. The plan consists of nine points.
Facebook has already passed the information about the ads and the accounts of Robert Mueller, who is investigating the case to intervene in the presidential elections of 2016. Congress does not yet have these data.
The source channel said Facebook will share information about three thousands of ads.
Zuckerberg announced that over the solution to the problem of interference employs more than 250 employees of his company. They interact with election commissions around the world to identify risks and share information on unscrupulous entities with other it companies.
Now in the US are investigating the case of Russian interference in the election process in 2016. After last year’s elections President was Donald trump.