Legislation or regulation may be needed to require Facebook Inc and other social-media companies to prevent foreign adversaries from manipulating the feeds viewed by US citizens, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee said.
“I’m glad they came through with some information,” Senator Mark Warner told reporters on Sept 7, a day after Facebook said it found about $100,000 in ad spending connected to fake accounts probably run from Russia. “But there’s a lot more questions.”
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