{"id":37036,"date":"2018-08-24T11:55:07","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T16:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=37036"},"modified":"2018-08-24T11:55:23","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T16:55:23","slug":"social-media-titans-holding-private-meeting-to-coordinate-strategy-for-2018-midterms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=37036","title":{"rendered":"Social Media Titans Holding\u00a0Private\u00a0Meeting To Coordinate\u00a0Strategy For 2018\u00a0Midterms"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"block-zerohedge-page-title\" class=\"block block-core block-page-title-block\">\n<h3 class=\"page-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-08-24\/social-media-titans-holding-private-meeting-coordinate-strategy-2018-midterms\"><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">Social Media Titans Holding\u00a0Private\u00a0Meeting To Coordinate\u00a0Strategy For 2018\u00a0Midterms<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block-zerohedge-content\" class=\"block block-system block-system-main-block\">\n<article class=\"node node--type-article node--view-mode-full\" role=\"article\" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-2077925_22=\"1607\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-2077925_22=\"1607\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-2077925_22=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-2077925_22=\"1\">\n<footer class=\"node__meta\">\n<div class=\"submission-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"node__content\">\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>Representatives\u00a0from around a dozen US tech titans are holding a private Friday meeting at Twitter\u00a0headquarters to coordinate their efforts ahead of the 2018 US midterm elections, reports\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/kevincollier\/tech-companies-are-gathering-for-a-secret-meeting-to\"><em>BuzzFeed News<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Last week, Facebook\u2019s head of cybersecurity policy, Nathaniel Gleicher, invited employees from a dozen companies, including Google, Microsoft, and Snapchat, to gather at Twitter\u2019s headquarters in downtown San Francisco&#8230; &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/kevincollier\/tech-companies-are-gathering-for-a-secret-meeting-to\"><em>BuzzFeed News<\/em><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAs I\u2019ve mentioned to several of you over the last few weeks, we have been looking to schedule a follow-on discussion to our industry conversation about <strong>information operations, election protection, and the work we are all doing to tackle these challenges<\/strong>,\u201d Gleicher wrote.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/twitter%20HQ.jpg?itok=4V5YvZVf\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/twitter%20HQ.jpg?itok=4V5YvZVf\" data-link-option=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/twitter%20HQ.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/twitter%20HQ.jpg?itok=4V5YvZVf 1x\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"ebb24f15-a33d-43a5-9b75-2f4fbf2fed38\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The meeting has a three-part agenda; each company will present their latest efforts to counter &#8220;information operations,&#8221; then there will be a discussion about problems each company faces; and finally, participants will discuss whether such coordination conclaves should become an annual affair.<\/p>\n<p>Nine of the companies meeting Friday also met in May at Facebook to discuss similar issues\u00a0<strong>along with two US government representatives; Department of Homeland Security Under Secretary Chris Krebs and Mike Burham from the FBI&#8217;s Foreign Influence Task Force<\/strong>\u00a0created last November. The attendees say they were discouraged after the meeting after receiving little input from the G-men.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Red Dawn?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/russia%20twitter.jpg?itok=hQdVsi5g\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/russia%20twitter.jpg?itok=hQdVsi5g\" data-link-option=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/russia%20twitter.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/russia%20twitter.jpg?itok=hQdVsi5g 1x\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"d3b9113d-20a7-4af3-a43d-613cd4606598\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Social media giants &#8211; particularly Facebook and Twitter &#8211; faced harsh scrutiny\u00a0from Democratic legislators following the 2016 US election for allowing &#8220;fake news&#8221; and\u00a0Russia to rob Hillary Clinton of her turn to be president, or for somehow forcing her to ignore several key states while campaigning.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Facebook VP of advertising, Rob Goldman, admitted in February that &#8220;the majority of the Russian ad spend happened AFTER the election,&#8221; and &#8220;<strong>I have seen all of the Russian ads and I can say very definitively that swaying the election was *NOT* the main goal.&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social Media Titans Holding\u00a0Private\u00a0Meeting To Coordinate\u00a0Strategy For 2018\u00a0Midterms Representatives\u00a0from around a dozen US tech titans are holding a private Friday meeting at Twitter\u00a0headquarters to coordinate their efforts ahead of the 2018 US midterm elections, reports\u00a0BuzzFeed News. 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