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Social Media Giants Testify On Russian Influence In U.S. Election

Facebook, Google and Twitter appear before Congressional committees Tuesday to testify about Russian influence in the 2016 U.S. election. The companies will be asked how Russian-backed trolls used ads and social media posts to spread disinformation, and are likely to face questions about why it took so long to discover the issue.

Here & Now’s Robin Young speaks with Edmund Lee (@edmundlee), managing editor of Recode, about the testimonies.

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