Another country appears to be accusing Google and Facebook of interfering in its elections.
According to Reuters , Russian officials said that both Google and Facebook published ads about the Russian election on their platforms, which is contrary to the country's laws.
As it becomes clear, Russia is essentially accusing the two tech giants of interfering in its elections.
Russia has enacted laws banning political advertising “during the election on Sunday and the day before,” according to Reuters. Russia’s Roskomnadzor, the government body that oversees the country’s media laws, said Facebook and Google ran ads during Sunday’s election.
“These actions can be considered interference in the internal affairs of Russia and hinder the holding of democratic elections in the Russian Federation,” according to a translated version of a message posted on website .
Google and Facebook did not immediately respond to Russia's accusations.
Of course, Facebook has spent the past two years rooting out Russian- backed propaganda and other “coordinated inauthentic behavior” on its platform following the country’s improper use of the social network during the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Since then, Facebook has uncovered several other networks — from Russia and other countries — that have attempted to manipulate social media users.
