Sentences with phrase «russians during the presidential campaign»

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The FBI and several congressional committees are investigating how Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election and whether associated of President Donald Trump may have colluded with Russian intelligence operatives during the campaign.

Snapchat released a filter that poked fun at its rival Facebook as that company struggles with data privacy issues and Russian interference during the 2016 Presidential campaign.

We covered it during the 2016 presidential campaign, when Donald Trump falsely accused former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton of giving away U.S. uranium rights to the Russians and claimed — without evidence — that it was done in exchange for donations to the Clinton Foundation.

The backdrop: Cohen was drawn into Mueller's Russia investigation last year for his contacts with Russians during Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is testifying before two Senate committees on Tuesday over the Cambridge Analytica scandal and revelations about the platform's role in the dissemination of Russian disinformation during the 2016 presidential campaign.

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday called on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign after it was revealed he met with the Russian ambassador during Donald Trump's presidential campaign.

During a CNN interview, former Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein defended her refusal to fully cooperate with the U.S. Senate's investigation of Russian meddling, arguing that her decision not to turn over some campaign communications pertaining to Russia is a matter of «principle.»

Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee have received new materials from the estate of Peter Smith, a GOP operative who reportedly led a campaign to obtain missing Hillary Clinton emails from Russian hackers during the 2016 presidential race.

Financial records filed in the secretive tax haven of Cyprus, where Paul Manafort kept bank accounts during his years working in Ukraine and investing with a Russian oligarch, indicate he was in debt to pro-Russia interests by as much as $ 17 million before he joined Trump's presidential campaign in March 2016.

FBI Director James Comey declined to say whether there was contact between the Trump campaign and the Russian government during the presidential race, or whether the FBI was investigating the issue.

Reuters: «U.S. President Donald Trump's son - in - law and close adviser, Jared Kushner, had at least three previously undisclosed contacts with the Russian ambassador to the United States during and after the 2016 presidential campaign, seven current and former U.S. officials told Reuters.»

Under growing pressure from lawmakers and the public to reveal more about the spread of covert Russian propaganda on Facebook, the company said it's turning over more than 3,000 Russia - linked ads to congressional committees investigating the Kremlin's influence operation during the 2016 presidential campaign.

Former Donald Trump campaign staffer Michael Caputo has been vocal about how the investigation into alleged Russian collusion by the campaign during the 2016 presidential election has negatively impacted his life, saying both he and his family have faced constant threats on social media.

Virtually unheard of before Monday, when the FBI indicted two of President Trump's campaign staffers, George Papadopoulos is either the key to Russian collusion with the Trump campaign during the 2016 presidential election...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WBEN / ABC)- Former Trump campaign aide Michael Caputo met behind closed doors with special counsel Robert Mueller's team this afternoon as part of their investigation into alleged Russian meddling during the 2016 presidential election and possible collusion between the country and Trump's campaign.

Prompted by the widespread Russian influence campaign that targeted nearly two dozen states during the 2016 presidential election and the proliferation of secretive political advertising on social media platforms like Facebook, Cuomo proposed and the state Legislature successfully passed the «Democracy Protection Act,» which prohibits foreign entities from creating independent expenditure committees or buying political ads, requires anyone who purchases an online political ad to register as an independent expenditure committee, and also requires online ads to include information about who paid for them, as is currently required of traditional media platforms.

And during the most recent US presidential election campaign, the company admitted, Russian - backed political content reached 126 million American Facebook users, showing how vulnerable the platform is to abuse.

The company stumbled in its dealings with Congress, waiting nearly two weeks last September before deciding to turn over more details of divisive ads that Russian entities paid to run on its platform during the 2016 presidential campaign.

Zuckerberg has kept a low profile as controversy over the political uses of the Facebook platform — especially by a Russian disinformation campaign during the 2016 U.S. presidential race — has intensified.

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.

Critics have pilloried the company for letting Russian operatives spread misinformation during the 2016 presidential campaign, and the new policy was welcomed in Washington, where lawmakers have been working on legislation that would force social media companies to be more transparent about who is buying certain kinds of ads.

It's still reeling from Russian trolls abusing the social network during the 2016 US presidential campaign to meddle with the election and sow discord among Americans.

The Times originally reported that he butted heads with executives including COO Sheryl Sandberg over how Facebook should deal with the Russian influence campaigns that occurred on its platform during the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

More than half of the United States saw Facebook posts tied to Russian trolls during the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, while the Kremlin had ties to thousands of accounts on Twitter.

It can, for instance, single out users who live in Kansas and have listed Bernie Sanders and same - sex marriage as their interests — which is exactly what some Russian - linked ads did as part of a propaganda campaign during the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign.

Twitter has now updated the number of people engaging with Russian trolls during the 2016 presidential campaign to 1.4 million.

That's a proposal under review in Congress after Facebook acknowledged Russian agents financed political ads during the 2016 presidential campaign, information about which wasn't disclosed until after the election.

Facebook, Twitter and Google will testify that Russian activity during the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign was far worse than originally believed.

As part of its ongoing probe into Russian election meddling, Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee have released a «representative sampling» of Facebook and Instagram ads allegedly purchased by Russian trolls during presidential campaign season.

It can, for instance, single out users who live in Kansas and have listed Bernie Sanders and same - sex marriage as their interests - which is exactly what some Russian - linked ads did as part of a propaganda campaign during the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign.

APT28 is one of the two Russian groups that hacked into the Democratic National Committee's email servers during the 2016 U.S. presidential election campaign.