These Are the Ads Russia Bought on Facebook in 2016<br />“We basically have the brightest minds of our tech community here<br />and Russia was able to weaponize your platforms to divide us, to dupe us and to discredit democracy.”<br />Among the ads the committee made public at Wednesday’s hearing were a Bernie Sanders superhero promoting gay rights ...<br />... and a shot of Mr. Trump giving a thumbs up and promoting rallies in Florida.<br />They made for a wildly varied slide show, designed by Russia to exploit divisions in American society<br />and to tip the 2016 presidential election in favor of Donald J. Trump and against Hillary Clinton.<br />An image of Jesus arm-wrestling Satan (who, the ad said, was backing Mrs. Clinton) ...<br />... and an endorsement of the Black Panthers as fighters against the Ku Klux Klan.
