NBC News: “More than 150 million Americans were exposed to Russia-linked propaganda on Facebook and Instagram, the social networking giant admitted on Capitol Hill Wednesday, in a second day of testimony that saw Google, Twitter, and Facebook explaining their role in election interference.”
“In Wednesday morning’s hearing, the second of the three in two days, members of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence expressed frustration with the “vague answers” given in Tuesday’s panel and pressed the lawyers for the top tech titans for details.”
“All three companies admitted they hadn’t done enough to prevent the election interference and promised to do better.”
During testimony in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Attorney General Jeff Sessions “came under fire from senators for ‘stonewalling’ and dodging as he claimed he could not answer certain questions because the president may want to […]
“During the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump Jr. was in direct contact with WikiLeaks at the same time the muckraking website was publishing hacked emails from Democratic officials that proved damaging to the Clinton campaign, […]
NY Times: “President Trump asked the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, to shut down the federal investigation into Mr. Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn, in an Oval Office meeting in February, according […]