Russia-backed Facebook posts 'reached 126m Americans' during US election

Facebook expected to present testimony on Russian content on Tuesday, after three Trump aides indicted as part of inquiry into interference in 2016 voteRussia-backed content reached as many as 126 million Americans on Facebook during and after the 2016 presidential election, according to the company’s prepared testimony submitted to the Senate judiciary committee before hearings this week.Facebook believes 120 fake Russian-backed pages created 80,000 posts that were received by 29 million