Leaders of Facebook, Twitter and Google will be questioned on the case of Russia's intervention in the US elections

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CEOs Facebook, Twitter and Google summoned as witnesses to the US Senate as part of the investigation of Russia's interference in the US presidential election 2016 of the year.

October 31 top managers will testify before a US Senate judicial subcommittee, reports Daily Mail.

Witnesses will be made by the Vice President and General Counsel Facebook Colin Stretch, acting general counsel Twitter Shaun Judgett and Director of Law Enforcement and Information Security Google Rickard Salgado.

A November 1 Stretch, Edgett and General Counsel Google Kent Walker will give public testimony to members of the House Intelligence Committee and the Senate in a public hearing entitled “The Impact of Social Media on US Elections in 2016”.

The Senate Judicial Committee, as well as the Intelligence Committees of the House of Representatives and the Senate, conduct their own investigations of Russia's interference in US elections, separate from the investigation of Special Prosecutor Robert Muller.

Legislators are likely to ask representatives Facebook, Google and Twitter about the various advertising campaigns funded by Russia during these hearings.

I wonder how the Russians were able to target this advertisement in the United States, and is there any chance that the Americans helped them?

The Senate Judicial Committee stated that after the statements of representatives of social networks, there was a question about how Russia could use them to promote their interests in the American elections.

Also, congressmen want to discuss with the representatives of the IT giants new bills proposing to introduce additional rules for political advertising on the Internet in order to make this process more transparent.

Facebook has already announced changes on its platform that political advertisers must confirm their identity before launching an advertising campaign. Twitter made a similar announcement.

Recall, October 2 Facebook sent to the US Congress copies of the 3 order of thousands of ads that, according to the social network, were purchased in Facebook Russian representatives a few months before and after the election of the President of the United States in 2016.

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