Sentences with phrase «foreign elections interference»
This, he says, goes for fake news, foreign elections interference, hate speech and data privacy.
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The company's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, is testifying before Congress on Tuesday and Wednesday on users» data privacy and other issues, including foreign elections interference.
«Fake accounts overall are a big issue because that's how a lot of the other issues that we see around fake news and foreign election interference are happening as well.»
And Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook would be stepping up its efforts to prevent foreign election interference in the future.
On Friday, in what feels like a ploy to reassure the public they'll have a plan on the related issue of foreign election interference before the 2018 midterms, Facebook detailed how it will make political advertising more transparent.
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That goes for fake news, foreign interference in elections, and hate speech, as well as developers and data privacy.
«Let me state this clearly: I have never met with or had any conversations with any Russians or any foreign officials concerning any type of interference with any campaign or election,» Sessions said on Tuesday.
According to the Democrats» memo, the DOJ provided the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court with «contemporaneous evidence» of Russia's interference in the 2016 election; information about «concerning Russian links and outreach to Trump campaign officials,»; Page's history with Russia - linked individuals and entities; and Page's «suspicious activities in 2016,» including those during a trip he took to Moscow in July of that year, during which he met with high - ranking Russian officials.
CNBC's Eamon Javers sits down with Rajesh De the Former General Counsel for the National Security Agency; Michele Reagan the Secretary of State of Arizona; and Mark Testoni the President and CEO of SAP National Security Services to talk about the concern of foreign interference in this year's presidential election.
He also posted testimony apologizing for Facebook's role in false news, data privacy leaks and foreign interference in elections, as his company announced that it would form an independent commission of academic researchers to study social media's impact on elections.
This is intended to help prevent elections interference by foreign actors — something Zuckerberg says is an «arms race.»
«You need to also make sure that that voice is not used for foreign interference in elections or disseminating fake news.»
That goes for fake news, foreign interference in elections, and hate speech, as well as developers and data privacy,» Zuckerberg said in opening remarks before a joint hearing of the Senate Judiciary and Commerce committees.
The DOJ appropriately provided the court with a comprehensive explanation of Russia's election interference, including evidence that Russian agents courted another Trump campaign foreign adviser, George Papadopoulos.
«We didn't focus enough on preventing abuse and thinking through how people could use these tools to do harm as well, and that goes for fake news, foreign interference in elections, hate speech, in addition to developers and data privacy.»
Their goal: to prevent foreign interference and anticipate new tactics to undermine the integrity of the November elections.
He said he hoped the matter could be resolved quickly «so the committee can return to its charge — fully investigating the Russian interference in our election and the role of the Trump campaign, and what steps need to be taken to protect against foreign interference in the next election.»
The problems were coming from foreign interference in American elections,» UC Irvine law professor and election expert Rick Hasen said.
Jammeh cited foreign interference in a presidential election he lost to opponent Adama Barrow last month as the reason behind his decision.
A fall 2016 application for a secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court warrant targeting a former Trump campaign adviser has become the latest front in the partisan struggle over the investigation into Russia's interference in the presidential election.
He gets a negative rating from about three - quarters of voters on working with Congress and protecting US elections from foreign interference.
Senate Minority Leader and New York Democrat Charles Schumer said, «That any foreign power could influence an American election should send shivers down the spines of both political parties, regardless of which party benefited this time around... We need to confront this interference head on, in an aggressive and bipartisan manner.
A growing group of Democratic lawmakers will boycott President - elect Donald Trump's inauguration Friday to protest what they described as his alarming and divisive policies, foreign interference in his election and his criticism of civil rights icon...
It is technically feasible for foreign hackers to disrupt US electoral politics and processes, as recent events demonstrate, but vanishingly unlikely that such interference could directly engineer an election result.
The Nunes memo alleges that the FBI may have relied on «politically motivated or questionable sources» to obtain a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrant in the early phases of the FBI's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
Congress and various federal agencies have been grappling for months over how to combat foreign interference in U.S. elections.
Facebook pledged a more transparent approach to notifying the public about the «foreign interference in the 2016 US Elections.»
Goldman, vice president of Ads, and Himel, vice president of Local and Pages, said that the social media platform was «slow to pick - up foreign interference in the 2016 US elections.
«The protection of American elections from foreign interference can not be left to voluntary measures by tech companies.
«We know we were slow to pick up foreign interference in the 2016 US elections,» the Facebook vice presidents wrote.
«We know we were slow to pick - up foreign interference in the 2016 US elections,» the Facebook vice presidents wrote.
He said this verification was meant to prevent foreign interference in elections, like the ads and posts from so - called Russian trolls before and after the 2016 presidential election.
Both also provide detailed accounts of how the companies» security operations dealt with foreign interference and fake accounts in the lead - up to the 2016 presidential election, as well as the respective steps they are taking to prevent foreign meddling in the future.
In introducing the series, Facebook's global politics and government outreach director Katie Harbath admits flatly that there was «foreign interference that Facebook should have been quicker to identify to the rise of «fake news» and echo chambers» in the 2016 election.
That goes for fake news, foreign interference in elections, hate speech, in addition to developers and data privacy.
And it was another sign that the political class is reckoning with the emerging reality that the same social networks that helped them win an election can just as easily provide a surreptitious forum for foreign interference.
«We didn't focus enough on preventing abuse and thinking through how people could use these tools to do harm... That goes for fake news, foreign interference in elections, hate speech, in addition to developers and data privacy.»
In a Facebook post discussing the move, CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote that since discovering the Russian interference, the company had «improved our techniques to prevent nation states from interfering in foreign elections, and we've built more advanced AI tools to remove fake accounts more generally.»
Otherwise, the tech group urges Congress to «consider measures that could strengthen the government's existing authority to prevent foreign interference in U.S. elections.»
Russia has denied meddling in foreign election campaigns, although it has been directly accused of interference by US intelligence as well as by France and Germany.
Sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, also told CBC News Elections Canada will get new money to safeguard against foreign interference in the 2019 federal election.
«We didn't focus enough on preventing abuse and thinking through how people could use these tools to do harm as well, and that goes for fake news, foreign interference in elections, hate speech, in addition to developers and data privacy.»
Senator Mark Warner, right, and Senator Amy Klobuchar, Democrat of Minnesota, discussed online political ads and foreign interference in elections in Washington last week.
«Virginia's move to decertify all of its paperless voting machines is a critical step toward securing its elections and acknowledging that post-2016, we're living in a brave new world where election interference from hostile foreign attackers is no longer theoretical,» Barbara Simons, the president of the election security nonprofit Verified Voting, said in a statement.
The first major legislative effort to rein in foreign interference in US elections will kick off Thursday afternoon on Capitol Hill, where Democratic Senators Mark Warner and Amy Klobuchar will field questions from reporters over a new bill crafted, they said, to «improve transparency of online political ads.»
The left used to get very worked up about the CIA's interference in foreign elections.
It is imperative that we strengthen our election systems and give the states the tools they need to protect themselves and the integrity of voters against the possibility of foreign interference.»
On Monday, Klobuchar and Sen. John Kennedy, R - La., wrote to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassle, R - Iowa, requesting that the committee call technology firms» CEOs to appear and describe their efforts «to combat attempted foreign interference,» as well as «to protect Americans» data and limit abuse of the platforms» in advance of the next election.
Next week's federal budget is expected to make a significant investment in building up Canada's cyber defences and the funding package will cover measures to protect 2019 election from foreign interference Several government sources say up to $ 1 billion has been requested by federal departments to address a growing number of cybersecurity issues across multiple departments and agencies.
Accordingly, Bolton noted that given that foreign interference in the US election process could be seen as something akin to an act of war, «the notion of some kind of independent investigation becomes extremely important.»