Interesting that Facebook would not give their records to "Con"gress but they DID give them to Mueller…
Special counselor Robert Mueller reportedly got a lot more information from Facebook about the ads paid for by Russia than the Congressional committees investigating the Russia scandal.
In a Friday Wall Street Journal report, sources revealed the social network handed over all records of online ad buys from Russia on the platform.
Mueller got copies of the ads themselves as well as details on the accounts that purchased the ads and the targeting criteria used. Facebook’s policies in the past have been that they would only turn over “stored content” of an account, including messages and location. This was significantly more than that.
The reason that Facebook hasn’t turned over the same information to Congress is that the company was concerned about “disrupting the Mueller probe,” the report stated. It might also conflict with privacy laws.
Facebook disclosed last week that approximately 500 fake Facebook accounts with ties to Russia bought $100,000 in ads during the two-years leading up to the 2016 election. There was also $50,000 in ad buys that were linked directly to Russian accounts. Over 5,000 ads were run from these groups, according to Facebook.
Striped Cat over 6 years ago
Or a cat. Opps, I should not have posted my pic.
Masterskrain Premium Member over 6 years ago
Interesting that Facebook would not give their records to "Con"gress but they DID give them to Mueller…
Special counselor Robert Mueller reportedly got a lot more information from Facebook about the ads paid for by Russia than the Congressional committees investigating the Russia scandal.
In a Friday Wall Street Journal report, sources revealed the social network handed over all records of online ad buys from Russia on the platform.
Mueller got copies of the ads themselves as well as details on the accounts that purchased the ads and the targeting criteria used. Facebook’s policies in the past have been that they would only turn over “stored content” of an account, including messages and location. This was significantly more than that.
The reason that Facebook hasn’t turned over the same information to Congress is that the company was concerned about “disrupting the Mueller probe,” the report stated. It might also conflict with privacy laws.
Facebook disclosed last week that approximately 500 fake Facebook accounts with ties to Russia bought $100,000 in ads during the two-years leading up to the 2016 election. There was also $50,000 in ad buys that were linked directly to Russian accounts. Over 5,000 ads were run from these groups, according to Facebook.
Sadandconfused9 over 6 years ago
Maybe Facebook is showing some patriotism or maybe not. Maybe Zuckerberg really doesn’t like Trump.
Mr. Blawt over 6 years ago
On the internet, you have to know if someone is full of bull. It might be an Eagle or a Bear, but watch out for the Bull.
Radish the wordsmith over 6 years ago
You have to be stupid in the first place to believe in fake news, or anything Trump says.
DrDon1 over 6 years ago
Sadly, too many Americans get their news from ‘social media!’