Sentences with phrase «russian meddling»

Blumenthal has called for a full investigation of any ties, and of Russian meddling in the election.

Trump's latest tweet attack was Monday morning, shortly after Blumenthal spoke on CNN about Russian meddling in last year's presidential election and «potential collusion by the Trump campaign and then obstruction of justice.»

Wojcicki also addressed the Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

The year - long House Intelligence Committee probe into alleged Russian meddling — and collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia — was officially brought to an end Monday.

Twitter decided to deal with the effects of Russian meddling by deleting the tweets from Russian troll accounts.

The tech company has handed over several thousand ads to three congressional committees and shut down 470 pages and accounts in response to U.S. lawmakers» probes into Russian meddling in the election.

Consider the Russian meddling in the U.S. presidential election of 2016.

In an indictment in February, Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating possible Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, charged IRA and 13 Russians with conspiring to interfere in U.S. politics and elections.

Hysteria over alleged Russian meddling in US affairs hit a new low this week, with claims that Kremlin - controlled internet agents are exploiting the Florida gun massacre.

At a hearing with the top lawyers from Facebook, Google and Twitter about Russian meddling in the 2016 election, Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota began by emphasizing the stakes involved.

California Rep. Adam Schiff had invited Wylie to testify, even though Republicans have ended the panel's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

Recent developments in the ongoing investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 elections have raised interesting questions about the obligations of the current President — or any President — in a situation where a foreign government or its agents have interfered with the American political process or used the Internet in other ways to harm...

The indictments come as part of US special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

Lawmakers in Washington are scrutinizing Cambridge Analytica in connection with investigations into Russian meddling in the presidential election; the company has turned over documents to the House intelligence committee.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - President Donald Trump criticized the FBI late Saturday, saying the agency missed warnings about the Parkland school shooting because it was too focused on the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

The live interview was the first by a senior Facebook executive since the social media giant last month told congressional panels investigating allegations of Russian meddling during the election that it had found 3,000 politically divisive ads believed to have been bought by Russia.

Twitter admitted on Friday evening that its investigation into suspected Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential elections had turned up what it believes were over 50,000 automated accounts linked to the Kremlin — and that it had identified 677,775 other accounts that «followed one of these accounts or retweeted or...

Twitter admitted on Friday evening that its investigation into suspected Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential elections had turned up what it believes were over 50,000 automated accounts linked to the Kremlin — and that it had identified 677,775 other accounts that «followed one of these accounts or retweeted or liked a tweet from these accounts during the election period.»

Last fall, Facebook's general counsel testified before a U.S. House of Representatives panel investigating possible Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election.

An appearance by the three CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter would stand in contrast to congressional hearings about Russian meddling last year, in which the companies sent lawyers and lower - level executives to testify.

Facebook's Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg spoke Thursday in an interview with Axios about the company's internal investigation into Russian meddling in the U.S. presidential election, and what the company plans to share with lawmakers.

He also told reporters he expected Twitter to soon brief the Senate Intelligence Committee, one of the panels investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 election and whether members of President Donald Trump's campaign colluded with Moscow.

Facebook's general counsel will testify on Nov. 1 before a U.S. House of Representatives panel investigating possible Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, the company said on Thursday.

Schroepfer has previously commented on the role of fake news and Russian meddling in the 2016 US presidential election.

Indeed, Zuckerberg's initial dismissal of claims that fake news and Russian meddling may have in any way influenced Trump's shock election in the US later that year was understood to have led to an inner rebellion at the social network by engineers who disputed this.

Political anchor Libby Casey talks to Silicon Valley correspondent Elizabeth Dwoskin and video reporter Jordan Frasier about the first of three Senate hearings focused on Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

Facebook and Zuckerberg have had to eat their words plenty of times since then, after being forced to reveal all that occurred on Facebook during the elections when it comes to fake news and Russian meddling.

Plus, Rep. Adam Schiff asks tech giants to work together and produce their own report studying Russian meddling.

With social media under pressure for allowing alleged Russian meddling, Facebook announced a new project to combat such efforts in November 2017.

The desire for growth, keeping users hooked on the newsfeed, and the need to make ad - based cash, is also what made possible the Russian meddling in the US election — that includes their ability to create and share fake news and buy ads on the network without any actual interference.

Last year, when Facebook was forced to publicly testify in front of Congress about its role in Russian meddling in the 2016 US election, the company sent its top lawyers.

Just because Facebook is hiring thousands, and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said he is «dead serious» about ridding his platform of problems like Russian meddling in our elections, that doesn't mean he sees an army of human moderators as a workable — or long - term — solution.

Late last year, executives from Facebook, Google and Twitter showed up at congressional hearings to discuss Russian meddling online in the 2016 presidential election, putting faces to the tech platforms during criticism of their misuse.

Lawmakers believe the ad buys identified by Twitter, Facebook and other companies represent a small fraction of the full scope of Russian meddling.

If Then on the hearings on Facebook and Russian meddling, and an interview with Antonio García Martínez.

Democrats on the House panel vowed last week to continue to investigate Russian meddling in the 2016 campaign, despite the committee's Republican leaders announcing that they had completed a draft report about the panel's findings.

CEO Mark Zuckerberg initially expressed skepticism that Facebook could have been used to influence voters, but a series of revelations over Russian meddling have caused the company to make big changes in recent months.

The accusations raise tough questions about Facebook's ability to protect user information at a time when it's already embroiled in a scandal over Russian meddling during the 2016 presidential campaign and under pressure to adhere to new European Union privacy rules.

Lawmakers seeking tighter restrictions on big tech feel even more emboldened than they did in the wake of revelations about Russian meddling in the 2016 election, a source on Capitol Hill told CNN.

The role Facebook and social media played in the 2016 election — particularly the issue of political ads purchased by Russian troll farms and the spread of disinformation to sow division — has been an area of interest for both House and Senate investigators into Russian meddling in the presidential race.

Facebook was already being scrutinized by lawmakers regarding Russian meddling on its platform leading up to the 2016 elections.

Although Stamos» team had found evidence of Russian meddling by November 2016, it wasn't until April 2017 that Facebook even nodded at the idea publicly.

Roger B. McNamee, an early investor in Facebook who said he considered himself a mentor to Mr. Zuckerberg, said the company was failing to face the fundamental problems posed by the Russian meddling and other manipulation of content.

In the meantime, the New York Times reported Monday that Facebook's security director is now leaving, while CNN reported that Kogan told colleagues that he would be happy to testify to congressional committees investigating Russian meddling, but hadn't been invited.

Last October and November, Facebook was grilled in front of lawmakers on Capitol Hill for Russian meddling on its platform, along with executives from Twitter and YouTube.

Their power to swing elections — largely thanks to Russian meddling — has been significantly curtailed.

As the US approaches mid-term elections, voting security is a hot topic in the wake of Russian meddling.

This article focuses on the Trump administration's appointment of Ty Cobb as special counsel to oversee the White House's responses to the investigations into Russian meddling in the recent presidential election.

Democrats released an intelligence memo Saturday defending an FBI investigation into Russian meddling in rebuttal...

US President Donald Trump's former chief strategist Steve Bannon is being advised by Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, as he prepares to face investigators probing Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential campaign.