As Twitchy reported, lawyers for Google, Facebook, and Twitter have been grilled on Capitol Hill this week, with legislators such as Sen. Dianne Feinstein warning them that they’d better do something about “misuse” of their social media platforms or the government would do it for them.
Axios reports that the House Intelligence Committee displayed examples of Facebook ads paid for by Russian actors Wednesday afternoon “to drive home their concern about foreign governments ‘weaponizing’ social media content.”
Here are the election Facebook ads Russia boughthttps://t.co/E4oY56o3oC pic.twitter.com/YA4tIyMGEN
— Axios (@axios) November 1, 2017
The coloring page of Bernie Sanders doing a muscle pose is great fun, but Democrat Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia posted his favorite on Twitter as an example of a Russian-backed Facebook post.
This graphic of Jesus and Hillary Clinton is an actual post shared by the Russian page “Army of Jesus,” released during #TechHearings. pic.twitter.com/XKFLGnoXu4
— Mark Warner (@MarkWarner) November 1, 2017
This is hilariously awful and obviousy fake https://t.co/3CA9uJ9UMX
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) November 1, 2017
https://twitter.com/BradThor/status/925855196714012672
This is the biggest waste of time if this is the “proof” that Russia interfered. I can’t believe this is an actual tweet from a Congressman.
— Jeff (@JerseyJeff14) November 1, 2017
Hillary could have saved her ghostwriter the trouble of typing up “What Happened” and just published this picture; it’s obviously what tipped the election to Trump. No wonder Feinstein considers such meddling in our elections “cyber warfare.”
Can you explain to me how you claim to *KNOW* a photo of Hillary Clinton fighting Jesus is fake? https://t.co/eqYtp6LLqs
— Matt MEET THE PRESS IS SANCTUARY FOR LIARS Negrin (@MattNegrin) November 1, 2017
Can you explain to me how you claim to *NOT KNOW* a photo of Hillary Clinton fighting Jesus is fake? https://t.co/qd7Ee8Dgh7
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) November 1, 2017
Um this is *AMERICA* the burden of proof is on *YOU* not me to prove this photo is FAKE where is your evidence https://t.co/vwiC4VBkou
— Matt MEET THE PRESS IS SANCTUARY FOR LIARS Negrin (@MattNegrin) November 1, 2017
Are you saying Hillary Clinton is actually the devil? https://t.co/qGLN0DIFYa
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) November 1, 2017
I’m saying it’s suspicious the FAKE MEDIA hasn’t asked Hillary ONCE why she was photographed fighting Jesus in a historical document https://t.co/qkDRAiG744
— Matt MEET THE PRESS IS SANCTUARY FOR LIARS Negrin (@MattNegrin) November 1, 2017
I can't believe the FAKE MEDIA hasn't asked Jesus about his experience! He must be traumatized! https://t.co/srWIqu9E9H
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) November 1, 2017
We know for a fact Hillary is still traumatized by the whole campaign. But back to the Russians … we appreciate the framable artwork, but it’s funny how so few people are seeing it for the first time. We thought these Facebook ads each got a gazillion impressions.
https://twitter.com/timbeejones/status/925803952792309760
WTF. Seriously, WTF. https://t.co/qBc21GnY6l
— Phineas Zest (@PhineasZest) November 1, 2017
https://twitter.com/cortney_dc/status/925804695918202880
ok i changed my mind russian ads are good now https://t.co/cFR4hNgVdJ
— jordan (@JordanUhl) November 1, 2017
So this heavy-handed thing influenced even a single swing voter? https://t.co/YWWLyraoLW
— Politics1.com (@Politics1com) November 1, 2017
I would buy this PPV https://t.co/ODee11EYA5
— ∼(°▿°)∽ (@collinstork) November 1, 2017
https://twitter.com/WickedSmaaaht/status/925875127199420416
Clearly the Russian 'influence' in the election process was irresistible. Glad VA's senator is on the case. https://t.co/FZqpNTkWOE
— Ian Heatwole (@IanHeatwole) November 2, 2017
https://twitter.com/thekingcowshow1/status/925856454254489601
I was totally going to vote for Hillary until I saw this! Any comment about the ad featuring conservatives running down kids? Crickets. https://t.co/vTZ0fOUwtk
— A White Hispanic ?? (@awhite_hispanic) November 1, 2017
I've seen far crazier coming out of twitter accounts by so called legitimate Hillary supporters – No one is swayed by this type of trash. https://t.co/BjQf8NjCkw
— Tom T. ن®?? (@VRWCTexan) November 1, 2017
I cannot imagine how this meme never went viral enough to make it into my feed. Seriously. https://t.co/cg4Dr0dX9t
— Dodd (@Amuk3) November 1, 2017
https://twitter.com/EdVanTassell/status/925877656704266240
The Russian intelligence operation was sophisticated beyond belief https://t.co/3iJHX5kULj
— David Rutz (@DavidRutz) November 1, 2017
Who knew the Russians had this sort of intel on Hillary?
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Related:
Sen. Dianne Feinstein warns social media giants to do something about misuse … 'or we will' https://t.co/qRclTGkM1a
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 1, 2017
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