Who’s the shadowy Russian group behind the Facebook ads?

Facebook hands over 3,000 political ads linked to Internet Research Agency ‘troll farm’

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Facebook logos are pictured on the screens of a smartphone (R), and a laptop computer, in central London on November 21, 2016 
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Facebook is handing 3,000 adverts to Congress, buckling under public pressure after it revealed that a Russian propaganda organisation paid $100,000 (£74,000) for political advertising on its platform before Donald Trump’s election.

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