A bipartisan group of lawmakers led by Rep. Young Kim (R-Calif.) sent a letter on March 15 to Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta Platforms, to express their “deep concern” about the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) use of Facebook as a platform for spreading pro-Russian propaganda as Moscow’s war in Ukraine rages. “This is emblematic of a larger push by Chinese Communist Party-directed propaganda operations to influence global dialogue and policy on Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine and must be met with a strong, coordinated public-private response,” the letter stated. The letter’s other signatories were Rep. Ed Case (D-Hawaii), Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), Jim Costa (D-Calif.), Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.), and Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.). The letter acknowledged that in the immediate aftermath of Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, Facebook and parent company Meta moved to bar Russian state media from disseminating ads on the social media platform, a step …