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| Some
of the Facebook ads linked to a Russian effort to disrupt the American
political process and stir up tensions around divisive social issues, released
by members of the U.S. House Intelligence committee, are photographed in
Washington, on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017. The ads, dozens of which were disclosed
for the first time, were released as representatives of leading social media
companies faced criticism on Capitol Hill about why they hadn't done more to
combat Russian interference on their sites and prevent foreign agents from
meddling in last year's election. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick) |
In three exhaustive
hearings this week, executives from Facebook, Twitter and Google acknowledged
that their platforms were used by Russia to try and create division over such
disparate issues as immigration, gun control and politics.
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| From
left, Facebook's General Counsel Colin Stretch, Twitter's Acting General
Counsel Sean Edgett, and Google's Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Kent Walker, are sworn in for a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on
Russian election activity and technology, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017, on Capitol
Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) |
