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11 Jul, 12 tweets, 4 min read
Great question - how did they "miss" it?

"...Frenkel and Kang write that Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl Sandberg were told of Russian activity in a Dec. 2016 meeting..."

'How did we miss this?': The day Mark Zuckerberg learned of Russian interference news.yahoo.com/did-miss-day-m…
Ugly✔️
Truth❌

"The security team, it turns out...first spotted Russian activity on the platform in March 2016. But Zuckerberg & COO Sheryl Sandberg were just being told about it 9 months later."

"An Ugly Truth": How Facebook discovered Russian meddling
axios.com/facebook-book-…
"...Facebook detected elements of a Russian information operation in June 2016 and reported its findings to the FBI, but both struggled to work together to fight the issue."

Obama personally warned Zuckerberg to take the threats of fake news ‘seriously’ theverge.com/2017/9/25/1636…
"...a May 2015 call for questions at a Facebook town hall. The top 20 questions worldwide were about Russian trolling of the website’s 'report' button to silence Ukrainian accounts."

Zuckerberg Blew Off Russian Troll Warnings Before the Attack on America
thedailybeast.com/zuckerberg-ble…
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May 13, 2015

"Ukraine's president has urged Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to create a special administrative office to deal with the complaints."

Ukrainians petition Facebook against 'Russian trolls'
bbc.com/news/world-eur…
"Facebook & Twitter were not made aware that funding for the investments came from state-controlled VTB Bank and a financial arm of state oil & gas firm Gazprom, according to Milner."

Russia funded Facebook & Twitter investments through Kushner investor
theguardian.com/news/2017/nov/…
March 10, 2014

Opinion | The Kremlin’s Social Media Takeover (Published 2014)
nytimes.com/2014/03/11/opi…
May 17, 2012

Facebook bet pays off for Russia's Usmanov reuters.com/article/us-fac…
October 21, 2011

How Russian Tycoon Yuri Milner Bought His Way Into Silicon Valley
web.archive.org/web/2020100314…
The Internet Research Agency shouldn't have surprised anyone either.

March 19, 2015

"The Internet Research Agency employs at least 400 people & occupies an unremarkable office...in St Petersburg."

Ukraine conflict: Inside Russia's 'Kremlin troll army'
bbc.com/news/world-eur…
June 2, 2014

"Each blogger is to maintain six Facebook accounts publishing at least three posts a day and discussing the news in groups at least twice a day."

Documents Show How Russia’s Troll Army Hit America buzzfeednews.com/article/maxsed…
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The story about that time the FBI tried to work with the FSB and SBU to catch the biggest cybercriminals in the world during Yanukovych's presidency.

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