early today facebook representatives tell congress something shake every american core shady russian company buy thousands dollars worth ads specifically target american voters 100,000 exact word russian actors actively seek influence outcome election.facebook trace ads back call russian troll farm know spread propaganda friendly kremlin mention trump hillary name merely work stoke fear gun right immigration issue fear trump stoke campaign.with brouhaha surround fake news question big role social media play dissemination fake news may unduly influence electoral outcome massive revelation indeed.nbc news post facebook official statement matter twitter account read part find approximately 100,000 ad spend june 2015 may 2017 associate roughly 3,000 ads connect 470 inauthentic account page violation policies analysis suggest account page affiliate one another likely operate russia read full statement facebook statement 470 inauthentic account likely operate russia buy roughly 100,000 ads june 2015 may 2017 pic.twitter.com/xzqvukb0gg nbc news nbcnews september 2017how utterly convenient ads start pop right trump formally announce candidacy even primary season really get underway gop field crowd point go know months gop candidate would yet combine evidence trump campaign meet jr. russian lawyer trump financial connections russia dark picture russian meddle start become little clearer.here thing amount russians spend tiny fraction overall spend campaign cycle ads actually reference election target specific ought bring question whether russian operators help within u.s. come target ads.if indeed help inside border help come russians already people close candidates like oh say donald trump family facebook determine hopefully investigators able uncover information soon.featured image via spencer platt/getty image facebook confirm russia spend least 100k ads influence election