Facebook Noticed Russia's Election Interference Early in 2016: Report
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/faceboo.../09/id/1028034/
By Charlie McCarthy | Friday, 09 July 2021 09:29 AM


Facebook's security team first noticed Russian interference in the 2016 election eight months before people went to the polls, according to a new book about the social media platform.

In an excerpt from "An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook’s Battle for Domination" provided to Axios, Facebook executives were not informed of their security team's findings until a December 2016 meeting.

"Oh f***, how did we miss this?" Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg asked as he looked around at his top executives, including COO Sheryl Sandberg, according to the excerpt.

Facebook replied to an Axios inquiry for comment about the story published Friday.-- excerpt, rest at link above --