New Data Shows Russian Ads Targeted Facebook Users by Profile

Russian operatives targeted users on Facebook Inc. by race, political preference, religion and interests such as gun ownership, according to advertising data released by lawmakers on Wednesday as part of congressional investigations into Russian manipulation on social media around the U.S. election.

“Back the Badge,” for example, ran an ad meant to reach the wives of police officers, sheriffs and pages memorializing killed officers that was seen more than 1.3 million times. “Woke Blacks,” another page created by Russians tied...