Russian Meddling In Us Elections

Twitter asked to ensure there is no 'foreign element' involvement in spreading fake news during 2019 general elections on its platform

The union minister of electronics and IT Ravi Shankar Prasad flagged his concerns to Twitter’s global head of policy Colin Crowell

Facebook buys Confirm Inc to authenticate government-issued identity cards; to verify ad-buyers

Facebook said in a statement that Confirm’s “technology and expertise will support our ongoing efforts to keep our community safe.”

Facebook's quarterly earnings remain unperturbed despite intense criticism for Russian-bought Facebook ads

The company’s performance was strong in comparison with smaller social media firms Snap Inc and Twitter, Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter said.

US lawmakers release batch of Russian-bought Facebook ads during the 2016 US elections

Some of the ads sampled specifically dealt with the US election and were critical of Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.

Facebook, Twitter and Google defend themselves before US lawmakers over Russian meddling in the 2016 Presidential elections

These posts, which Facebook says were created by a Kremlin-linked company, were amplified through likes, shares and comments, and spread to tens of millions of people.

Facebook gave information on the political ideologies of its US audience to advertisers

Facebook will soon be testifying on the issue of Russian-linked ads influencing the outcome of the elections that put Donald Trump in power.

Facebook, Google and Twitter to testify before a US Senate Judiciary regarding Russian meddling in US elections

Facebook General Counsel Colin Stretch, Twitter acting General Counsel Sean Edgett, and Richard Salgado, Google’s director of law enforcement and information security, are among the witnesses at the hearing

Owing to Twitter's "strict" privacy policy some crucial data might have been deleted: Report

By analysing Twitter data, the investigators could have established a "pattern of life behaviour", determining the Russian influence on the elections.

Data shows that Facebook ads linked to Russia were shared vastly across Facebook through certain pages

The report was created with the help of Facebook’s analytics tool, CrowdTangle. The breakdown was done on the basis of post engagement, time frequency, interaction and full text from posts.

Facebook and Twitter to testify about Russian meddling in US election; Google is yet to confirm

The three companies have been invited to testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on 1 November