Inside Facebook's Plan to Limit Russian Influence on U.S. Midterm Elections

Inside Facebook's Plan to Limit Russian Influence on U.S. Midterm Elections

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http://www.newsweek.com/inside-facebooks-plan-limit-russian-influence-us-midterm-elections-1041054

Facebook executives believe Russian operatives will attempt to exploit the social networking platform during the upcoming U.S. midterm elections—but has declined to provide insight into whether its security teams are actively investigating any abuse cases.

The Mark Zuckerberg-led website was previously taken advantage of to spread false news and circulate Kremlin propaganda during the 2016 presidential election cycle. It has admitted that an estimated 10 million people in the U.S. saw advertisements peppered with divisive content. Most was being spewed from a so-called troll farm identified as the Internet Research Agency. 

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