Facebook Will Hand Over Russian Ads to Congress

Facebook is reversing course and will turn turn over to Congress copies of ads bought by Russians in the 2016 election. The company had previously balked on doing so over privacy concerns but has changed course after what Mark Zuckerberg called “an extensive legal and policy review," per the Washington Post.

 The newspaper says the company will send copies of more than 3,000 online ads purchased under Russian accounts. The company had been under increasing pressure from lawmakers to do so, notes Politico, especially after the revelation that Facebook traced $100,000 in campaign ads to a Russian "troll farm." 

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