Facebook: Millions more saw Russian ads through Instagram

Published November 1, 2017 4:11pm ET



Facebook told the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday that another 16 million people may have seen Russia-backed posts about the 2016 election, in addition to the 126 million Facebook users who were exposed to that content.

Colin Stretch, Facebook’s vice president and general counsel, said the 126 million number the company initially provided did not include users of Instagram, which Facebook owns.

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