From the testimony of internet companies that Russian were attempting to influence public opinion via Facebook and Instagram. Facebook just revealed that the ads and fake accounts have long been taken down.

TechCrunch Reports, "But Facebook delivered them to Congress as part of an ongoing inquiry into the effect of Russia’s meddling, and the House’s Intelligence Committee has posted a handful ahead of its hearing tomorrow"

Facebook is currently testing a split news-feed setup that separates Page-generated posts from ads and posts from friends, The Guardian reports. This trial is only running in six countries -- Bolivia, Guatemala, Cambodia, Slovakia, Serbia and Sri Lanka.

The main News Feed is still congested by things shared by friends and family as well as sponsored ads. except posts shared by Pages, they are moved to a secondary feed. The tests began last week and Slovakian journalist Filip Struhárik told The Guardian, "Pages are seeing dramatic drops in organic reach. The reach of several Facebook Pages fell on Thursday and Friday by two-thirds compared to previous days." 

This is such a bad news for publishers who totally rely on Facebook traffic and it stands to impact their revenue. Matti Littunen, a senior research analyst with analytics company Enders Analysis told The Guardian, "The biggest hits will be to the likes of Buzzfeed, Huffington Post and Business Insider, who create commoditized content aiming for the biggest reach."

Mark Zuckerberg and Rachel franklin

Avatars of Mark Zuckerberg along with Facebook’s head of social virtual reality, Rachel Franklin, visited hurricane-damaged Puerto Rico on Monday in livestream that was part disaster tourism, I am guessing its just a promo video like others.

The two teleported to different locations using Facebook’s “social VR” tool Spaces. In real life, they were speaking from the comfort of their offices in the Facebook campus in Menlo Park, California, wearing virtual reality headsets.

“Rachel and I aren’t even in the same building in the physical world, but it feels like we’re in the same place and can make eye contact,” Mark said right before he and Rachel high-fived within the virtual space with Puerto Rico devastation around them.

“One of the things that’s really magical about VR is you can get the feeling you’re really in a place,” said Zuckerberg as his grinning avatar floated over scenes of flooding and destruction.