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Russia’s Facebook Fake News Could Have Reached 70 Million Americans

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Facebook acknowledged that Russian propagandists spent $100,000 on election ads. It neglected to mention how many millions of people those ads reached.

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Kevin Poulsen 

Sr. National Security Correspondent

Spencer Ackerman 

Contributing Editor

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Kevin Poulsen

Sr. National Security Correspondent

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