Yeah, Fake News. Yeah, Well, Google?
November 1, 2018
While nearly everyone agrees that Russian Hackers attempted to influence the last major US election, that doesn’t mean much has changed. In fact, America might just be back where it started according to a recent IT Wire story, “Google Policing of Ad Service Fails to Block ‘Russian’ Ads.”
According to the story:
“CfA executive director Daniel Stevens said: ‘The ease with which CfA was able to replicate the 2016 Russian ad campaign shows Google has failed to keep its promise to prevent foreign actors from interfering in our elections. Google is more interested in pocketing rubles than protecting American Democracy.’”
Does this mean all hope is lost and we might as well let another nation decide our elected officials? No way! Some of the brightest minds from Microsoft, Snapchat and Twitter recently gathered to coordinate efforts to protect voters from fraud and fake news leading up to the 2018 midterm elections. What they are working on is pretty hush-hush, but we like seeing this collaborative effort. If we are to move forward and have a fair online space, it won’t be done by a single company lording over others. Here’s to more teamwork in Silicon Valley.
Patrick Roland, November 1, 2018
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