Reported
in the Guardian today. Anyone else get the sense UK politicians are not
interested in facts but in creating another self-serving "Kremlin
menace" narrative.
And that these repeated attacks on Facebook
and other social media are designed to soften them up, so that they are
even more willing to take pre-emptive measures to sideline and censor
content that doesn't fit such officially sanctioned narratives.
Guardian:
"Facebook has found no further evidence of Russian propaganda activity
around the EU referendum, after being forced by MPs to carry out a more
detailed investigation than it initially performed.
"In December,
Facebook reported just $0.97 (71p) was spent by Russian-based actors on
ads that targeted British users in the period leading up to the
referendum. ...
"But the House of Commons committee that
requested the investigation was unhappy with the result, arguing
Facebook had not answered the questions put to it and forcing the
company to do a more thorough investigation."
The findings are in contrast with the results of investigations into
organised Russian activities targeting the US, said Facebook.
Photograph: Sergei Konkov/TASS
