https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/10/01/facebook-will-send-thousands-of-ads-bought-by-russian-operatives-to-congress-on-monday/ >The company also begins a crackdown on political ads, though the effort likely would not have stopped the Russian operatives who sought to sow dissension and disinformation during the 2016 campaign.