Examples of Facebook pages are seen, as executives appear before the House Intelligence Committee to answer questions related to Russian use of social media to influence U.S. elections, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 1, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein
WASHINGTON: US lawmakers released a batch of Russian-bought Facebook Inc ads on Nov 1 that showcased politically charged content allegedly spread on social media by Moscow ahead of the 2016 US election.
Some of the ads criticised candidates, while others sought to organise or promote simultaneous rallies for opposite sides of divisive issues. The sample posted on a House committee website pulled from the roughly 3,000 ads Facebook provided to congressional investigators last month.
