Facebook admits Russia agents used Messenger to disrupt U.S. presidential election

Facebook admits Russia agents used Messenger to disrupt U.S. presidential election

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https://www.recode.net/2017/10/18/16497682/facebook-messenger-russia-trump-clinton-presidential-election

A top Facebook executive admitted Wednesday that Russian agents had used the social network’s popular Messenger platform to interfere in the 2016 presidential election.

Facebook Messenger boss David Marcus disclosed that a “very small” number of the 470 accounts active in the Russian interference campaign were using Messenger to communicate with their users.

Facebook admits Russia agents used Messenger to disrupt U.S. presidential election

Oct 18, 2017, 8:28pm UTC
https://www.recode.net/2017/10/18/16497682/facebook-messenger-russia-trump-clinton-presidential-election >A top Facebook executive admitted Wednesday that Russian agents had used the social network’s popular Messenger platform to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. >Facebook Messenger boss David Marcus disclosed that a “very small” number of the 470 accounts active in the Russian interference campaign were using Messenger to communicate with their users.