[4th Reuters]-US IT (Information Technology) leaders including Facebook <FB.O>, Alphabet Google <GOOGL.O>, Microsoft <MSFT.O>, Twitter <TWTR.N> They met with government intelligence agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to discuss security measures for elections such as the presidential election scheduled for 2020.
The meeting was held at the Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, California, attended by security officers from each company, the FBI, the Secretary of State's Information Office, and officials from the Department of Homeland Security.
Facebook ’s cyber security officer Nathaniel Glacier explained that the meeting had “an objective to further strengthen strategic cooperation on security” in the 20-year local elections and the presidential and federal elections.
Specifically, the company discussed how to improve information sharing between the industry and the government, and what kind of collaboration is possible in response to detecting and preventing threats.
The US intelligence agency concluded that Russia had intervened using cyberspace to give President Trump an advantage in the 2016 US presidential election, and social media companies are under pressure to strengthen security measures. Russia denies allegations of intervention.
A Twitter spokesman commented to Reuters: “This is a joint effort to deal with common threats and we are determined to play a role.”
Microsoft and Google also confirmed that they participated in the meeting.
“It is very important that industry and law enforcement agencies work together to prevent any threat to a US fair election,” said Richard Salgard, director of law enforcement and information security at Google. did.
