Russian-backed content may have reached 126 million on Facebook
https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/30/russian-backed-content-may-have-reached-126-million-on-facebook/
Facebook has reportedly upped its estimate of how much content was produced by Russian-backed actors during the election and how widely that content was seen. According to prepared remarks due to be presented tomorrow but acquired by the Wall Street Journal today, the company estimates 80,000 pieces of content may have been viewed by a total of 126 million people.
Previous estimates included only the 3,000 ads from 470 separate accounts associated with Russian “entity” the Internet Research Agency. But organic posts, images, events, and other things also matter, not just ads — so Facebook was asked to include these as well.