How Russian Agents Crushed it on Social Media

Russia-linked meddling...

126 million people saw Russian-created content on Facebook between 2015-2017.

Executives from Facebook, Twitter, and Google head to Washington this week for a round of questioning from congressional panels on the disinformation and Russia-linked political ads that flooded their platforms during the 2016 election, Joshua Marcus reports on vicenews.com.

The hearings, which start Tuesday afternoon, come just a day after the special counsel investigation into Russian election meddling netted two indictments and a guilty plea from former Trump campaign officials, setting the stage for an even deeper reckoning over how the Kremlin sought to sway the presidential contest, Marcus wrote.

For a breakdown on the extensive, Russia-linked activity on social media platforms: https://news.vice.com/story/russian-agents-crushed-it-on-facebook-twitter-youtube-during-the-election?utm_source=vicenewsfb

For an nbc.com video from yesterday's Senate hearing on Russia-linked meddling on social media: http://www.snappytv.com/tc/6209664

Photos: theatlantic.com.

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