Sentences with phrase «purchased fake ads»

Weeks later, a Time magazine article revealed that Russia had created fake accounts and purchased fake ads to spread propaganda on the platform, allegations that Facebook initially denied.

Weeks later, a Time magazine article revealed that Russia had created fake accounts and purchased fake ads to spread propaganda on the platform, allegations that Facebook initially denied.

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In September, Facebook said it had found evidence that fake accounts «likely operated out of Russia» purchased thousands of ads during the 2016 US presidential election.

The team eventually purchases a science fiction script entitled Argo, and they spare nothing creating the illusion that the fake film is real, going so far as to purchase an ad in Variety and staging a public reading of the script with actors in full wardrobe.

Twitter will need to explain to Congress how its platform was used by Russian trolls attempting to influence the U.S. presidential election, and Facebook ought to make political ads purchased by fake Russian accounts public, the senator said.