These Are the Ads Russia Bought on Facebook in 2016
- 6 years ago
These Are the Ads Russia Bought on Facebook in 2016
“We basically have the brightest minds of our tech community here
and Russia was able to weaponize your platforms to divide us, to dupe us and to discredit democracy.”
Among the ads the committee made public at Wednesday’s hearing were a Bernie Sanders superhero promoting gay rights ...
... and a shot of Mr. Trump giving a thumbs up and promoting rallies in Florida.
They made for a wildly varied slide show, designed by Russia to exploit divisions in American society
and to tip the 2016 presidential election in favor of Donald J. Trump and against Hillary Clinton.
An image of Jesus arm-wrestling Satan (who, the ad said, was backing Mrs. Clinton) ...
... and an endorsement of the Black Panthers as fighters against the Ku Klux Klan.
“We basically have the brightest minds of our tech community here
and Russia was able to weaponize your platforms to divide us, to dupe us and to discredit democracy.”
Among the ads the committee made public at Wednesday’s hearing were a Bernie Sanders superhero promoting gay rights ...
... and a shot of Mr. Trump giving a thumbs up and promoting rallies in Florida.
They made for a wildly varied slide show, designed by Russia to exploit divisions in American society
and to tip the 2016 presidential election in favor of Donald J. Trump and against Hillary Clinton.
An image of Jesus arm-wrestling Satan (who, the ad said, was backing Mrs. Clinton) ...
... and an endorsement of the Black Panthers as fighters against the Ku Klux Klan.