U.S. intelligence community accelerates work with tech companies ahead of 2024 election

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The U.S. intelligence community is ramping up its work with tech companies ahead of the 2024 election, as cybersecurity professionals search for new ways to combat foreign threats to the American electoral system that appeared unthinkable just four years ago.

Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, left, confers with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., as the Senate Rules Committee holds a vote to circumvent the months-long blockade of military promotions by Sen. Tommy Tuberville R-Ala., …

In 2020, the intelligence community and law enforcement officials huddled with tech platforms including Facebook, Twitter, Reddit and others. But these relationships have been damaged by the social media platforms’ politically fraught censorship decisions and by ongoing litigation contending that the Biden administration is trying to pressure the platforms to police political speech online.

“We started with one partner about four years ago, as of today we have over a thousand different partners that we talk to 24/7 through 800 collaboration platforms at any given time,” Ms. Adamski said atNot every anticipated partnership with the intelligence community goes as planned, however. Mr. Tu told The Times that the spy school’s budgetary woes stalled the planned cooperation. A top NIU administrator identified in Mr. Tu’s presentation did not respond to requests for comment. An ODNI spokeswoman confirmed on Tuesday that the intelligence community does not have an agreement with Mr. Tu’s lab.

 

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