Facebook Says 10 Million People Saw Russia-Linked Advertisements
Zuckerberg Asks Forgiveness Amid Russia Probe
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Facebook Inc. estimates that 10 million people saw the advertisements that have been linked to Russian efforts to influence last year’s U.S. presidential election.
About 44 percent of the ads were seen before the Nov. 8 election, Elliot Schrage, Facebook’s vice president of policy and communications, wrote Monday in a blog post. About a quarter of the ads were never shown to anyone, since a relevant audience wasn’t found for their content by Facebook’s ad system.