U.S. lawmakers say Russia's use of social media in the 2016 presidential election amounts to cyberwarfare.
Senators Dianne Feinstein of California and Angus King of Maine both used that term this week to describe Russian accounts and advertising that sowed division among Americans by promoting fake news and even protests.
"This country has to have some kind of cyberwarfare deterrent capacity," King said at an Intelligence Committee hearing. "Right now, there's no price to be paid for meddling in our democracy."
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