Everything we know about how Facebook helped Trump win: A timeline

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Facebook played a vital role in the outcome of the 2016 election—ask any digital director on one of the presidential campaigns, or maybe some Russian propagandists.

News that Facebook took at least $100,000 from Russian troll farms to promote socially and politically divisive content reignited discussion around just how much of an impact Facebook had in getting Donald Trump elected. 

It also begged a serious question: Had Facebook helped Russia manipulate the outcome?

"They can stop me from selling a gun to my neighbor on Facebook, but they can’t stop Russians from buying ads that are fake news?" said Wesley Donehue, digital director for Marco Rubio's campaign. "That’s just negligence." Read more...

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