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> I mean...... were foreign agents so obviously involved that they were buying election ads on foreign cards/wires with foreign billing addresses? Yes. I think
by ejstronge 9y ago
> I mean...... were foreign agents so obviously involved that they were buying election ads on foreign cards/wires with foreign billing addresses?
Yes. I think I've heard an egregious story in late 2016 but can't find a reference.
For something less concrete, see RT's complaint against Twitter [1].
And a few other equally less-than-concrete report regarding Facebook[2] and others [3].
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/oct/27/russias-rt-reveals-twitters-pitch-to-sell-millions-of-dollars-in-2016-election-ads https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/oct/27/russias-rt-rev...
[2] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/sep/06/facebook-political-ads-russia-us-election-trump-clinton https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/sep/06/facebook-...
[3] https://www.recode.net/2017/10/6/16419388/facebook-google-twitter-russia-ads-2016-election-president-donald-trump https://www.recode.net/2017/10/6/16419388/facebook-google-tw...
- eganist 9y agoThe conclusion I've reached is that this is a control against footgunning yourself as a foreign agent.