[Facebook has targeted Russia in a review of ad purchases, searching for those which originated in Russia or used the Russian language from an IP address in the US – even though the ads “didn’t necessarily violate any policy or law,” RT reports. The social network released a statement on Wednesday, addressing claims that Russia had interfered in the US presidential election. “There have been a lot of questions since the 2016 US election about Russian interference in the electoral process…” the site wrote. “One question that has emerged is whether there’s a connection between Russian efforts and ads purchased on Facebook. These are serious claims and we’ve been reviewing a range of activity on our platform to help understand what happened.” Facebook claims that its review found that approximately $100,000 in ad spending from June 2015 to May 2017 – associated with roughly 3,000 ads – was “connected to about 470 inauthentic accounts and pages in violation of our policies.” It goes on to accuse Russia of being behind the “inauthentic accounts,” stating that the analysis suggests the “accounts and Pages were affiliated with one another and likely operated out of Russia.”
Following the analysis, the site shut down the accounts and pages that were still active, Facebook said, stressing that “we don’t allow inauthentic accounts on Facebook.” However, the statement admits that the “vast majority of ads run by these accounts didn’t specifically reference the US presidential election, voting, or a particular candidate.”
Still, Facebook manages to perceive a connection: the ads, it says, focus on “amplifying divisive social and political messages across the ideological spectrum – touching on topics from LGBT matters to race issues to immigration to gun rights.”
https://www.rt.com/news/402327-facebook-political-ads-russia/
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