Facebook moderators were reportedly not prepared to catch Russian ads

Facebooks admission that Russian-linked advertisers spent $100,000 on ads leading up to and after the 2016 presidential election has led to serious questions about their effects. But how did they make it through the social networks filters? Four anonymous advertisement monitors explained to The Verge that, as contractors handling hundreds to thousands of ad parts per day, they werent adequately prepared to screen the propaganda and keep it off the site.
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