GOP Senator Seeks Facebook ‘Full Accounting’ on Russia Ad Money
- Intelligence chairman Burr says Facebook hearing likely
- Chairman wants to ask if companies know of any campaign links
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The Senate Intelligence chairman said he wants "a full accounting" from Facebook Inc. and other social media companies about any foreign money used to manipulate the 2016 U.S. election.
"Now that we’ve opened up this avenue of social media, it’s of great interest to us to get a full accounting from everybody who operates in this space, if in fact foreign money found its way in to finance any of the efforts on social media," Senator Richard Burr, a North Carolina Republican, said Tuesday in Washington.
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GOP Senator Seeks Facebook ‘Full Accounting’ on Russia Ad Money