Democratic Senator Thinks 3,000 'Russian-Linked' Facebook Ads Changed Election
Man, those Democrats are really going all in on the whole "the Russians stole the election" thing.
Sen. Mark Warner, Virginia Democrat, said this week that 3,000 Russian-linked Facebook ads were deployed — adding that exactly how it was done is the "million-dollar question." He wants to know just how the Russians knew whom to target on Facebook.
"Did they know this just by following political news in America? Did they geo-target both geography and by demographics in ways that at least at first blush appear pretty sophisticated? These are the kind of questions that we need to get answered and that's why we need them in a public hearing," Warner told CNN.
So, just to trim this down, Warner is saying the 3,000 ads that Facebook says were connected to 450 inauthentic accounts could have swung the election to Donald Trump, presumably in swing states like Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan.
Man, those Democrats are really going all in on the whole "the Russians stole the election" thing.
Sen. Mark Warner, Virginia Democrat, said this week that 3,000 Russian-linked Facebook ads were deployed — adding that exactly how it was done is the "million-dollar question." He wants to know just how the Russians knew whom to target on Facebook.
"Did they know this just by following political news in America? Did they geo-target both geography and by demographics in ways that at least at first blush appear pretty sophisticated? These are the kind of questions that we need to get answered and that's why we need them in a public hearing," Warner told CNN.
So, just to trim this down, Warner is saying the 3,000 ads that Facebook says were connected to 450 inauthentic accounts could have swung the election to Donald Trump, presumably in swing states like Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan.