Top tech companies met with intelligence officials to discuss the midterm elections on May 23 at Facebook’s headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif.CreditJason Henry for The New York Times
New York Times: Top Tech Companies Met With Intelligence Officials to Discuss Midterms
SAN FRANCISCO — Eight of the tech industry’s most influential companies, in anticipation of a repeat of the Russian meddling that occurred during the 2016 presidential campaign, met with United States intelligence officials last month to discuss preparations for this year’s midterm elections.
The meeting, which took place May 23 at Facebook’s headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., was also attended by representatives from Amazon, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Oath, Snap and Twitter, according to three attendees of the meeting who spoke on condition of anonymity because of its sensitive nature.
The company officials met with Christopher Krebs, an under secretary for the Department of Homeland Security, as well as a representative of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s newly formed “foreign influence” task force.
Neither the Department of Homeland Security nor the F.B.I. responded to a request for comment.
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WNU Editor: Homeland Security and the FBI did not share any intel with these tech companies on what the Russians are doing to interfere in this year's mid-term elections. So what was the point of the meeting?
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I Wonder how they are going to stop these "top tech companies" from meddling, like they did in the election?
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