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Facebook's Russia Ads Could Be 'Tip Of The Iceberg,' Warns Senate Intel Dem

Virginia Sen. Mark Warner said he believes there could be more to the story following Facebook's acknowledgement that it sold some ads tied to Russian influence operations.

Facebook's concession that it sold $100,000 in ads to Russian-linked accounts last year may be "just the tip of the iceberg" of how social networks were used to interfere in the election, warned the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee.

Virginia Sen. Mark Warner, who is leading the Senate's investigation into Russia's election attack, said Thursday he has long believed that Moscow used overt social media

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