Facebook has a much bigger problem than Russian ads

Much noise has rightly been made about the role Facebook played in the 2016 presidential election. Critics have pointed to a targeted ad campaign by Russian groups as proof that the Menlo Park-based company wasn't minding the store — and alleged that disaster followed as a result.  But that argument overlooks one key point: In showing microtargeted "dark ads" to users, Facebook was doing exactly what it was designed to do. The larger problem is not these specific Russian ads (which Facebook r...