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Russian meddling in the 2016 us election

2.2 million Facebook and Instagram ads rejected ahead of US vote

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Facebook has been increasing its efforts to avoid a repeat of events leading up to the 2016 US election, won by Donald Trump, when its network was used for...

  • FILE: US President Donald Trump (R) attends a meeting with Russia's President Vladimir Putin during the G20 summit in Osaka on 28 June 2019. Picture: AFP

    With a smile, Trump tells Putin 'don't meddle in the election'

    A major probe led by special prosecutor Robert Mueller found there was an organised Russian campaign to influence the 2016 election won by Trump.

    665 days ago
  • This file photo taken on 21 June 2017 shows former FBI Director Robert Mueller, special counsel on the Russian investigation, leaving following a meeting with members of the US Senate Judiciary Committee at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. Picture: AFP.

    US Special Counsel Mueller says charging Trump was 'not an option'

    In his first public comments since starting the investigation in May 2017, Mueller said Justice Department policy explicitly prevented him from bringing charges against a sitting president.

    695 days ago
  • US President Donald Trump. Picture: AFP

    First Republican lawmaker says Trump engaged in impeachable conduct

    Justin Amash said that he had read Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s full redacted report, but that few members of Congress had.

    705 days ago
  • This file photo taken on 21 June 2017 shows former FBI Director Robert Mueller, special counsel on the Russian investigation, leaving following a meeting with members of the US Senate Judiciary Committee at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. Picture: AFP.

    The Mueller report is out, but the probes continue

    The final report from the probe, released on Thursday, made clear that more than a dozen other cases, most of them secret, remain in the pipeline.

    734 days ago
  • FILE: US President Donald Trump. Picture: AFP

    Trump says Democrat probes into him should 'never be allowed'

    The US leader said that an expansion of the probe by the intelligence committee in the Democrat-led House of Representatives was unprecedented.

    806 days ago
  • This file photo shows Former US National Security Advisor Mike Flynn speaking during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, DC, on 1 February, 2017. Picture: AFP

    Trump ex-security chief Flynn sold country out, says judge

    A federal judge accused President Donald Trump's former national security chief Michael Flynn Tuesday of selling out the United States but agreed to delay his sentencing for lying over secret communications with Russian officials.

    856 days ago
  • US President Donald Trump. Picture: AFP

    Trump says he 'easily' answered Russia probe questions

    Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said he wrote the answers to the questions himself.

    888 days ago
  • Moscow in Russia. Picture: Pixabay.com

    Russian charged with conspiring to interfere in US congressional elections

    Elena Alekseevna Khusyaynova, 44, became the first person charged with a crime for attempting to interfere in the 2018 US midterm elections.

    916 days ago
  • A Youtube screengrab of US first lady Melania Trump after meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin.

    Trump says his campaign was spied upon illegally, offers no evidence

    The FBI documents released on Saturday showed how in 2016 the bureau requested surveillance of the former Trump campaign adviser, Carter Page, as part of that investigation.

    1005 days ago
  • US President Donald Trump. Picture: AFP

    How Donald Trump's claim he misspoke unleashed a troll-fest

    Would or wouldn't? Claims by the US President that he misspoke in a comment about Russian meddling in US elections has Twitter in a frenzy.

    1009 days ago
  • FILE: US President Donald Trump. Picture: AFP.

    Trump questions why Obama did not act on claims of Russian election meddling

    On Friday, a federal grand jury said Russia’s military intelligence agency officers covertly monitored computers of Hillary Clinton’s campaign and stole large amounts of data.

    1013 days ago
  • FILE: US President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany on 7 July 2017. Picture: AFP

    Trump will press Putin on election meddling denials: security aide

    John Bolton said he discussed concerns about Russian meddling in the US elections with Putin during his visit to Moscow on Wednesday.

    1026 days ago
  • Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg testifies during a US House Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing about Facebook on Capitol Hill on 11 April 2018. Picture: AFP.

    Facebook asks European users which news sources they trust

    Zuckerberg said in January there was too much “sensationalism, misinformation and polarisation” in the world, and social media was making the problem worse.

    1078 days ago
  • Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg testifies during a US House Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing about Facebook on Capitol Hill on 11 April 2018. Picture: AFP.

    Cambridge Analytica and British parent shut down after Facebook scandal

    The company will begin bankruptcy proceedings, it said, after losing clients and facing mounting legal fees resulting from the scandal.

    1086 days ago
  • US President Donald Trump. Picture: AFP

    Trump blasts leak of questions he could face in Russia probe

    As negotiations continue over whether Trump will sit for an interview, the New York Times obtained a lengthy list of questions Mueller and his team have prepared for the president.

    1087 days ago
  • Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg testifies during a US House Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing about Facebook on Capitol Hill on 11 April 2018. Picture: AFP.

    Investor urges Facebook to set up risk oversight committee

    Trillium Asset Management, which owns about 73,000 shares of Facebook Inc, said existing risk oversight structures at Facebook appeared to lack a “dedicated focus.”

    1101 days ago
  • Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg testifies during a US House Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing about Facebook on Capitol Hill on 11 April 2018. Picture: AFP.

    Facebook must face class action over facial recognition: US judge

    US District Judge James Donato ruled in San Francisco federal court that a class action was the most efficient way to resolve the dispute over facial templates.

    1102 days ago
  • FILE: Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg testifies during a US House Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing about Facebook on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, 11 April 2018. Picture: AFP

    Mark Zuckerberg unscathed by congressional grilling, stock rises

    He parried questions of how much control people have over their data on the world’s largest social media network without a major gaffe.

    1107 days ago
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