Tech companies face dilemma after conundrum after balancing act, and now the spotlight is on their funding sources. : Tech companies face dilemma after conundrum after balancing act, and now the spotlight is on their funding sources. There's Saudi money. Russian money. And let's not forget money from ads and fake news that add fuel to the raging fire of cultural, racial, political and religious divisions in the United States and elsewhere. There are questions surrounding Russian investor Yuri Milner's investments in Facebook and Twitter after a New York Times report that showed Kremlin-backed money was included in those investments.