Some of the ads bought by Russians on Facebook last year promoted events during the U.S. presidential election campaign, Facebook Inc. said Tuesday, indicating that alleged meddling ahead of the 2016 election went beyond social media.
Facebook said in a statement that its takedown of what the company last week called Russian-affiliated pages included shutting down "several promoted events."
Facebook declined to provide details of the promoted events.
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