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Facebook said Wednesday that it is investigating potential Russian meddling on social media connected to the British referendum to leave the European Union in 2016.<\/p>\n

The decision comes just over a month after the social networking giant told U.K. lawmakers<\/a> that Russian-backed groups spent less than \u00a31 on advertising linked to the Brexit vote.<\/p>\n

Some British politicians derided that figure as being too low, saying it could not represent all of the potential spending by Russian groups hoping to sway local voters on Facebook.<\/p>\n

In response, the company agreed to investigate whether other Russian-linked groups bought advertising on the social network that may have been viewed by people in the U.K. ahead of the 2016 Brexit vote.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis work requires detailed analysis of historic data,\u201d Simon Milner, Facebook\u2019s U.K. policy director, said in a letter<\/a> to British lawmakers. We \u201cestimate it will take a number of weeks to complete, but the timescale is very much dependent on any findings during the course of the investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n

As part of the new investigation, Facebook will look at potential clusters of online advertising linked to the Brexit vote, which also may have connections to Russian-backed groups. The company added that it would welcome any information from the British government to aid its investigation.<\/p>\n

In its initial investigation, made public in December, Facebook focused solely on the Internet Research Agency (IRA), a St. Petersburg-based group that has ties to the Russian government. In that limited probe, Facebook said the IRA had spent just \u00a31 during the Brexit referendum.<\/p>\n

The American tech giant had said the same Russian group had spent roughly $100,000 on 3,000 ads<\/a> between June 2015 and May 2017 across 470 Facebook accounts and pages connected to the U.S. presidential campaign and its aftermath.<\/p>\n

Damian Collins, the British politician leading a parliamentary investigation into so-called fake news, welcomed Facebook\u2019s new investigation, adding that it was the duty of the company to identify any potential inappropriate activity.<\/p>\n

\u201cI look forward to seeing the results of this investigation,\u201d Collins said. \u201cI\u2019m sure we will want to question Facebook about this when we know the outcome.\u201d<\/p>\n

Europe needs to bolster defenses against Russian meddling substantially ahead of upcoming elections, notably by spending much more, MEPs argued<\/a> during a plenary debate in Strasbourg.<\/p>\n

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