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Facebook ad chief scores own goal with ill-judged Russia row defence

on Feb 19, 2018 | 0 comments

By John Glenday

Facebook has found itself at the centre of another Russia controversy after Rob Goldman, its vice president of advertising, took to Twitter to accuse the media of misrepresenting the truth in relation to the way Russian trolls had co-opted the social network for their own ends.

The comments were immediately seized upon by president Donald Trump who triumphantly retweeted the criticism, framing it as support for his own crusade against ‘fake news‘.

Goldman took to Twitter on Friday to point out that contrary to public perceptions most Russian adverts were posted after the presidential Read full story ›

Source: The Drum