Russian Internet Research Agency begins Facebook ad campaign to influence U.S. politics

| Importance: 9/10 | Status: confirmed

The St. Petersburg-based Internet Research Agency began purchasing Facebook ads and running coordinated influence operations. Senate Intelligence Committee reports and platform disclosures document spending (about $100,000 on ~3,000 ads) and reach in the tens of millions between 2015 and 2017.

Key Actors

Internet Research Agency Facebook Yevgeny Prigozhin

Tags

russian-interference facebook-ads election-manipulation foreign-influence

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