Facebook and Twitter worked just as advertised for Russia's troll army

Social platforms are an effective tool for marketers -- and nation states who want to disrupt an election. We've known for more than a year that Russian actors used social media to try and influence the 2016 presidential election. Now we know more about those campaigns, thanks to a lengthy indictment by special counsel Robert Mueller which details the Russian effort. The key takeaway: The Russians pulled it off with the help of giant platforms like Facebook and Twitter. That's because Facebook, ...