KIEV. May 7. UNN. The Democrats in the special Committee on intelligence of the house of representatives of the U.S. Congress intend to publish 3 thousand ads of a political nature, posted in Facebook on behalf of the organization “Agency of Internet research” (Russian “Troll factory”, based in Saint-Petersburg). It is reported by UNN with reference to The Wall Street Journal.
According to sources, these materials may be published within this or next week. According to the American side, they were placed in social networks during the presidential race of 2016 in the USA, and after it. Lawmakers intend to specify which groups were targeted ads, how much they cost, how many people saw them.
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The article notes that currently the Democrats decide how many information should be made public about users, commented on these announcements, by posting on their pages or have said as much. Earlier, the Republicans holding the majority in this Committee declared the termination of investigation regarding the RF interference in the presidential elections of 2016. Democrats expressed willingness to consider.
We will remind, in February 2018, the U.S. government brought official charges against 13 citizens of the Russian Federation and three Russian organizations in attempts to interfere in American political processes and the course of the presidential election campaign of 2016.