The U.S. government has stopped warning some social networks about foreign disinformation campaigns on their platforms, reversing a years-long approach to preventing Russia and other actors from interfering in American politics less than a year before the U.S. presidential elections, according to company officials.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
U.S. stops helping Big Tech spot foreign meddling amid GOP legal threats
The federal government is no longer warning Meta about foreign influence campaigns, a shift that comes amid a legal campaign against the Biden administration’s communication with tech platforms
By Naomi Nix
and Updated November 30, 2023 at 8:47 p.m. EST|Published November 30, 2023 at 8:00 a.m. EST