Russia’s 2016 Meddling on Facebook Just “the Tip of the Iceberg”

Two top congressional Democrats said Facebook’s announcement it had discovered a Russian-funded campaign promoting divisive social and political messages demands a “very serious look” and likely is just “the tip of the iceberg.”

Rep. Adam Schiff and Sen. Mark Warner on Thursday called for the United States to broadly reassess how it approaches influence operations.

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