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Intelligence committee found that russian influence efforts reached up to 126 million americans through facebook. their propaganda posts received nearly 77 million engagements. that includes reactions, shares, or comments. the report points out that a significant push was also taken on instagram which is owned by facebook where disinformation and propaganda reached at least 20 million people and gained 187 million engagements. on twitter nearly 1.5 million people were reached. more than 10 milli...

Facebook officials told officials the campaign reached 126 million people on facebook and 20 million more on instagram. ken delaney has the new details. ken, lets start with how widespread this russian effort was, and why target african americans? >> sure. well, in terms of numbers, craig, the researchers believe it was higher than what facebook was saying there. they counted more than 250 million engagements with these propaganda posts on facebook and instagram alone. i mean, this was an extens...

Propaganda at the end of every story. i think it would undermine your credibility. >> cant seem fair and balanced. last week "the washington post" revealed that the russian firm bought ads targeting american voters through fraudulent facebook accounts. a report in the daily beast now estimates that those propaganda posts were likely seen by a minimum of 23 million people and might have reached as many as 70 million. annie? >> yeah. >> a lot of power throughout in the propaganda operation. >> i t...