US state elections in 2020 may be protected by tech giants
According to Facebook's head of cybersecurity policy, Nathaniel Gleicherm, the goal is to achieve strategic collaboration regarding the safety of state, federal and presidential elections in 2020 in the United States
After an established meeting with the most powerful technology companies in the United States and US officials, Facebook’s social network said on Wednesday that after cyber threats it is necessary to shield the electoral process to be held next year.
The representative of technological security of this social network, stressed that the objective is to improve electoral security and counteract counter information operations, which are also complex challenges to solve for a single organization.
Gleicher said during the meeting were discussed issues such as potential threats and a mechanism to better coordinates defense, particularly when it comes to information sharing.
Given this, he added that a comprehensive strategy for overcoming system vulnerabilities and advancing in the preparation of new threats has been developed for Facebook. This new policy requires more information regarding political advertisers, so Facebook demands to confirm who they are and where they are and in this way show that they are registered with the US government.
Google, Microsoft and Twitter are also among the big companies that held the meeting with representatives of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of National Security and the office of the National Director of Intelligence and assured that Russia is accused of manipulating the campaigns through of social networks and other platforms to influence voters in the 2016 elections that led the Republican Donald Trump to the presidency.
K.Villarroel
Source: bancaynegocios
