Facebook will change the algorithms after the intervention of the Russian Federation in the American elections

The founder of the Facebook social network, Mark Zuckerberg, who began work after maternity leave, said that his company is actively cooperating with American officials and helping them to investigate the possible interference of the Russian authorities in the election of the US president by buying political advertising on the social network. He wrote about this on his Facebook page. In the post, Zuckerberg draws attention to the fact that the social network will change some algorithms so that political advertising eventually becomes more transparent.

"We are actively cooperating with the US government for the investigation of Russia's intervention in our elections. We have been dealing with this issue for many months and at first we could not find evidence of Russia's creation of fake accounts related to the distribution of advertising in our social network," Zuckerberg said.

According to him, Facebook specialists still managed to reveal the activity of the Russian Federation on the social network and all the information received was sent to the Special Council. “We also introduced the congress with this information, and I ordered that my subordinates send all information about this advertisement to Congress,” continued Facebook founder.

At the same time, Tsuckerberg assured the public that he and his team will continue the investigation of user activity in the social network during the past American elections.

“We can find even more evidence if this happens, in any case we will continue to work with the government. We will investigate the intervention of other countries, including groups from Russia and other countries of the former USSR to establish what means they used,” he added.

The founder of the social network promised that Facebook will make the placement of political advertising more transparent. “When someone buys political advertising on TV or other media, he is obliged by law to disclose information about who pays it,” Tsuckerberg gave an example.

“Therefore, we will introduce even greater transparency standards on Facebook. You will not only have to disclose information about which user paid for advertising, but we will also make you can go to the advertiser’s page and see which announcements they place in a specific period of time. This will happen in the coming months,” he promised.

In conclusion, Zuckerberg assured that Facebook will do everything possible to understand the "volume of Russian interference in the elections." “We will not only ensure the honesty and transparency of the elections around the world, but also give anyone the opportunity and means to be heard in the name of democracy,” he summed up.

The other day, the US Senate sent a request to Facebook to receive additional information as part of the investigation of the fact of acquiring political advertising from Russia during the 2016 presidential campaign. American lawmakers increase pressure on Facebook against the backdrop of an increase in fears about the role played by the social network in the alleged intervention of the Russian Federation in the elections, journalists noted.

On September 17, Facebook announced that the company has transferred information on the sale of advertising to special prosecutor Robert Muller, who heads the investigation of possible ties between Moscow and members of the President Donald Trump's campaign headquarters.

A member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, the Senator from the Democratic Party Adam Schiff also said in an interview with ABC News that the lawmakers requested additional information from the social network. He specified that the committee has already received some information, but I would like more.

On September 6, Facebook announced that the accounts related to Russia for two years bought political advertising, including before the US presidential election in November. According to the company, from June 2015 to May 2017, 470 such accounts spent about 100 thousand dollars on three thousand advertising messages that could affect the outcome of the vote.

In addition, the company found a waste of 50 thousand dollars per 2.2 thousand messages potentially related to Russia. A source familiar with the work of the "troll factory" said to RBC that up to 15 million people could be potential coverage of such messages.

Meanwhile, the Kremlin said that Russia did not purchase such advertising. “We have never heard about it, we don’t know anything about it, and even more so we have nothing to do with these matters,” assured the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov.

Recall that the story of Facebook surfaced during the investigation conducted by Congress regarding the possible cooperation of members of Trump’s election headquarters and Russian officials during the election race. The Senate Law Committee has already asked Donald Trump, the youngest, about his meeting with Russian lawyer Natalya Veselnitskaya, who promised to provide an incriminating evidence to his father’s opponent - ex -mineral Hillary Clinton.