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He noted that the Facebook group had taken down hundreds

Feb. 18, 2017 by Ella Pickett

He noted that the Facebook group had taken down hundreds of posts with photos and videos of the president and Vice President of the United States; he also noted that Facebook had found "many" other Russian-related posts linking to the Trump campaign and other organizations.

The Trump campaign, he said, was using social media to get attention by tapping into people's social media feeds before they actually clicked on them. He said the Russians were using Facebook to "create and drive" social media profiles, but that Facebook had no plans to do this. The Russian government "is doing something very similar to what we've seen in the past," he said.

Earlier this week, a Facebook representative confirmed that the company's internal controls in place are still in place. "Facebook has worked closely with the Russian government to make sure that our systems are secure and our users are protected from possible cyberattacks," Facebook said in a statement.A New York Times investigation by the Times' Andrew Sullivan found that Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been paid $1.2 million by a company based in Palo Alto, Calif., to serve as a consultant to the company that oversees the advertising and social media business.

"This is probably the best deal I've seen for Facebook in a long time," Zuckerberg's lawyer, Michael Cohen, told the Times.

Zuckerberg's lawyer also told the Times that Facebook has never offered any compensation to any of the people who worked for Facebook under his tenure. In addition, Zuckerberg is not an "affairs officer" of the company.

The news report comes five days after U.S. District Court Judge William Orrick ruled a jury could not reach a verdict against Facebook in the case of a man accused of murdering his wife and three children in 2014. Facebook has argued that the trial court lacked jurisdiction because of its previous decision not to acquit the company of first-degree murder in the killing.