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Facebook’s Sandberg meets with lawmakers amid Russia probe

The leaders of the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., left, and Rep. Mike Conaway, R-Texas, emerge from a closed-door meeting at the Capitol with Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of social media giant Facebook, amid the company's discovery of Russia-linked ads that ran before and after the 2016 election, in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
The leaders of the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., left, and Rep. Mike Conaway, R-Texas, emerge from a closed-door meeting at the Capitol with Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of social media giant Facebook, amid the company's discovery of Russia-linked ads that ran before and after the 2016 election, in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) The leaders of the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., left, and Rep. Mike Conaway, R-Texas, emerge from a closed-door meeting at the Capitol with Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of social media giant Facebook, amid the company's discovery of Russia-linked ads that ran before and after the 2016 election, in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

By Associated Press 2 min read

WASHINGTON (AP) – One of Facebook’s top executives met Wednesday with House members investigating the company’s Russia-linked ads, and told them the social media giant is serious about dealing with the issue.

Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s chief operating officer, told lawmakers the company is working hard to ensure Americans “understand what the propaganda is that they may or may not be reading,” said House Republican Rep. Mike Conaway, who is leading the House intelligence committee probe.

Facebook recently provided three congressional committees investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 election with more than 3,000 Russia-linked ads. The company has said the ads focused on divisive political messages, including LGBT issues, immigration and gun rights, and were seen by an estimated 10 million people.

Conaway, R-Texas, and the top Democrat on the panel, California Rep. Adam Schiff, met with Sandberg in the office of House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.

Conaway and Schiff said after the meeting that they expect to release the Facebook ads eventually. That’s a break from the Senate intelligence committee, which had said it won’t release the records.