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How Russian Facebook ads targeted US voters in 2016 election

Before Mark Zuckerberg testified in front of congress and before the public revelation of the Cambridge Analytica data scandal, there was the news that Russians bought Facebook ads aimed at US voters leading up to the 2016 election. A new research paper published April 11, 2018, details the scale and who was targeted by these Russian ads. As reported by …

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T-Mobile injected fake ringtones into rural calls that it couldn’t actually connect. That’s according to the Federal Communications Commission, which fined T-Mobile for the practice, as well as for failing to correct its ongoing problem of connecting calls in rural areas. The nation’s third-largest wireless carrier agreed to pay $40 million to the US Treasury and entered into a settlement …

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