Facebook Says It Found No Additional Russian Ads on Brexit
Facebook Finds Itself at Center of Russia Investigation
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Facebook Inc. said it found no more activity from Russian accounts using its advertising in the U.K. to influence a 2016 vote to leave the European Union, after it was asked by lawmakers to probe more deeply.
The company used the same method that uncovered Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election activities, and found no comparable Brexit campaign, Simon Milner, Facebook’s director of U.K. policy, wrote in a letter to lawmakers Wednesday. The answer didn’t completely satisfy the House of Commons’ Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, which had requested more information in February.