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Trump and Clinton spent $81M on US election Facebook ads, Russian agency $46K (techcrunch.com)
3 points by tareqak on Nov 2, 2017 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



Techmeme summary: Josh Constine / TechCrunch: Facebook says Clinton and Trump campaigns spent combined $81M on ads on the platform, compared to $46K spent by Russian Internet Research Agency

Final paragraph from the article:

Senator Richard Burr closed the session asking the companies to prevent disruption of America’s future, abide by Federal Election Commission law, and that they should request anti-trust waivers if they need to further cooperate with each other. It will indeed require a joint effort and strategy sharing to defeat election interference, especially if Facebook, Google and Twitter want to avoid heavy-handed regulation.




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