Facebook's Russia Problem

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🗓️ 9 September 2017

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Virginia Heffernan talks to WIRED's Issie Lapowsky about the news from this week that Russian-linked accounts bought political ads on Facebook during the 2016 election. What does this mean for Facebook moving forward and why is this a problem that isn't going to go away? This week on Slate Plus, our producer, Jayson De Leon, chats with Slate's Jim Newell about Trump's deal with the Democrats on the debt ceiling. To sign up for Slate Plus go to Slate.com/TrumpcastPlus. Do you have a question for us? Send us a tweet @realTrumpcast or use the #AskTrumpcast hashtag. You can also leave us a voice message at: (646)-598-6510. Don’t forget about our live show in Austin, Texas, for the Texas Tribune Festival on Saturday, Sept. 23, at 7:30 p.m. We’ll be live from the Texas Union Theatre with special guests Jill Abramson, the former executive editor of the New York Times, and Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas. For tickets go to Slate.com/Live. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Facebook abiding to Congress tonight it sold ads, political ads, during the presidential
0:04.4	election to a so-called Russian troll farm that was trying to target, trying to influence
0:09.4	the election in American voters.
0:12.3	The question is where and how did the Russians get into this?
0:15.3	I think the public needs to know what kind of misinformation and disinformation might be
0:20.1	appearing on their Facebook news for you to...
0:22.1	How did they know what messages to deliver?
0:26.3	Who told them?
0:27.3	Who told them?
0:28.3	Who were they coordinating with or colluding with?
0:35.5	Hello and welcome to Trumpcast.
0:37.0	I'm Virginia Heffernan.
0:38.5	Trumpcast is the show about the man who beat Hillary, Clinton, Fair, and Square in his usual,
0:44.1	dignified, sporting, gentlemanly way.
0:47.5	The problem was all Hillary's, that neoliberal corporate shell who is a woman.
0:53.0	You know what?
0:54.0	I alone know why Hillary lost and just how she fucked up.
0:57.7	Hillary should have campaigned harder in St. Petersburg.
1:02.2	M.I. writes, so today's topic is Facebook, Facebook, which has finally let us off
1:07.7	Tenterhooks and admitted that it sold ads to one or more Russian shell companies.
1:13.2	In slightly roundabout language, Facebook said ultimately that it sold 5,000 ads.
1:19.5	Facebook is now cooperating with the Mueller investigation, which we like to hear, because
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