Cybersecurity
FBI Task Force to Expose Russian Social Media Manipulation
- President Trump continues to call accusations a ‘witch hunt’
- ‘We’re not here to be the thought police,’ FBI official says
Facebook Finds Itself at Center of Russia Investigation
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The FBI plans to alert U.S. companies and the public about efforts by Russia or other nations to use disinformation and social media manipulation to interfere in upcoming elections, while being careful not to upset free speech and constitutional rights, a top law enforcement official said.
The direction that the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s “foreign influence" task force is heading could dramatically reshape the relationship between government and social media companies in order to address vulnerabilities that enabled Russia to meddle in the 2016 election.