How the Russia Issue Affected Marketers’ Views of Facebook
The US (SPY) intelligence community believes that Russia purchased ads on digital platforms such as Facebook (FB), Google, and Twitter (TWTR). The intelligence community believes these ads were intended to target American voters with propaganda messaging with the aim of influencing the outcome of the 2016 presidential election. Facebook closed 3Q17 with 239.0 million monthly users in the US and Canada.