Facebook has a fake news problem -- that’s something the social network itself owned up to after the election. Now it’s acknowledged that it sold about 300 ads to a shadowy Russian company during the election. Those ads spread political messages about things like gun rights and immigration.
Facebook sold ads to Russian trolls during November election
Credits
Guest:
Will Oremus - senior writer for OneZero -
@WillOremus
Host:
Madeleine Brand
Producers:
Quinn O'Toole,
Gina Pollack,
Sarah Sweeney,
Michell Eloy,
Amy Ta,
Christian Bordal,
Luke Vander Ploeg