MSNBC: Facebook Reports Russian Firm with Kremlin Ties Took out $100K in Political Ads During 2016 Election

‘It is based in St. Petesburg’

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LEONNIG: "As you know, Mark Zuckerberg took a lot of heat for the days after the election, insisting that 99 percent of what you saw on Facebook was accurate information, and news stories that were authentic and real. That came to be proven false. And Facebook has been doing bit of catch up but I have to give them some credit here. They’ve essentially said this is what we found. We -- we dug deeper. It’s $100,000 in ads. That number may seem small. We’re told by experts it had a big impact in terms of impressions and an ability to use and target voters."

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