Representatives from eight top tech companies met with U.S. intelligence officials last month out of concerns Russia’s meddling in the 2016 presidential elections could be repeated in this year’s midterm races, The New York Times is reporting.
The May 23 meeting was initiated by Facebook and took place at the company’s offices in Menlo Park, California. It included officials from Amazon, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Oath, Snap and Twitter, three attendees told the newspaper. The officials met with Christopher Krebs, undersecretary for the Department of Homeland Security, as well as someone from the FBI’s “foreign influence” task force.
The Times said tech company officials wanted to make certain what was being done to head off a repeat of the Russia interference in 2016.
But those at the meeting said it was tense and maintained the federal officials repeatedly said no specific intelligence could be shared.
Tech companies shared details about disinformation campaigns discovered on their platforms, but were not told by federal officials what to anticipate in advance of the elections, the Times said.
One person at the meeting told the newspaper tech company representatives left the meeting believing they were on their own in countering any election meddling.
Meanwhile, executives from some of the major tech companies will meet Wednesday to discuss consumer privacy online, according to Axios. The Information Technology Industry Council has scheduled the meet in San Francisco.
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