Author: Nick Statt
Google today disclosed details about its ongoing efforts to combat influence campaigns from foreign governments and other forms of election interference, with the company outlining its recent ban of 39 YouTube accounts linked to the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting. Google’s announcement comes on the heels of Facebook’s admission earlier this week that it identified and deleted more than 600 accounts linked to both Iran and Russian that were coordinating influence campaigns on the platform by posting politically charged content.
Kent Walker, Google’s senior vice president of global affairs, says Google’s Threat Analysis Group worked alongside its Trust & Safety team and its Jigsaw division, its policy think tank-turned ideas lab...
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Google today disclosed details about its ongoing efforts to combat influence campaigns from foreign governments and other forms of election interference, with the company outlining its recent ban of 39 YouTube accounts linked to the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting. Google’s announcement comes on the heels of Facebook’s admission earlier this week that it identified and deleted more than 600 accounts linked to both Iran and Russian that were coordinating influence campaigns on the platform by posting politically charged content.
Kent Walker, Google’s senior vice president of global affairs, says Google’s Threat Analysis Group worked alongside its Trust & Safety team and its Jigsaw division, its policy think tank-turned ideas lab...
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