Russia-linked Facebook ads





Here is a link to the Russia-linked Facebook ads released by Congress

By Colin Lecher@colinlecher Nov 1, 2017, 3:22pm EDT

https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/1/16593346/house-russia-facebook-ads

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