US Lawmakers Probe Anti-Fracking Campaigns

摘要

US Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) has launched a probe into anti-fracking campaigns on social media, seeking information that might tie the attacks to Russian efforts to disrupt US energy markets. Smith, who chairs the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, said earlier this week that he sent letters to the CEOs of Facebook, Twitter and Alphabet Inc. asking them to turn over by Oct. 10 data related to “Russian entities purchasing anti-fracking and anti-fossil fuel advertisements on the platforms." He called the effort “part of the committee’s ongoing oversight of efforts to manipulate the US energy market."