Facebook Has Told Mueller More About Russian Ad Spending, Source Says
- Investigators look at meddling in U.S. presidential election
- Social media is ‘red hot’ focus of special counsel probe
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Facebook Inc. has given special counsel Robert Mueller extra details on political ad spending from a Russian group that tried to sow discord online ahead of last year’s U.S. presidential election, according to a person familiar with the matter.
The social network provided copies of ads and explained how they were targeted and who bought them, said the person, who asked not to be identified discussing an ongoing investigation. That surpassed the level of information Facebook told Congress last week. The Wall Street Journal earlier reported Facebook’s latest disclosures.