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Facebook Ran Russia-Funded Ads on Fusion Media and The Atlantic

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Facebook was asked some hard questions this week about how much it benefitted from Russian ads that changed the 2016 U.S. election. Facebook was grilled before three Congressional committees over Russian propaganda that it allowed to reach approximately 126 million users. Major news outlets like Fusion media and the atlantic have been informed that russian backed ads appeared alongside content from their sites. Facebook reported a small number of impressions for these articles, meaning a relatively small number of people were affected.

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