Tech giants unable to say if they made money around Russian ads

Published November 1, 2017 5:23pm ET



Technology giants Facebook, Twitter, and Google were unable to say Wednesday if they made money from legitimate advertisements that ran next to Russian propaganda.

Sen. Kamala Harris, a Democrat who represents Silicon Valley’s home in California, asked the three companies respective general counsels on Wednesday during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Russia’s use of social media during the 2016 U.S. presidential election if they profited from those posts.

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