U.S. Lawmakers Release Thousands of Russia Today Twitter Ads
- Paid advertisements part of Russian-backed effort on election
- Democrats on House committee say ads aimed at voter influence
A television broadcaster interviews a guest on the set of RT.com at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/BloombergDemocratic lawmakers released thousands of advertisements placed on Twitter by Russia Today during the 2016 election campaign, showing how the state-backed broadcasting network promoted stories on the social network that tried to sow discord among Americans.
Twitter has since banned advertising from all accounts owned by the Russian media company, now known as RT, after U.S. investigators concluded it attempted to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. U.S. House and Senate committees and Special Counsel Robert Mueller have reviewed the ads run by RT and other Russia-linked sources on Twitter and Facebook Inc. as part of their separate investigations into Russia’s involvement in the election.