The Technology 202: Silicon Valley is preparing for candidates to falsely declare victory

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on Election Night

Google says it will prioritize election results from the Associated Press and Democracy Works, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization that provides information on how to vote, according to company executives.

Searches won’t highlight news reports that prematurely declare victory for a certain candidate, and if any misinformation does slip through through to its own results, Google says it will be ready to take it down. “We do have a plan,” Google’s vice president of engineering, Cathy Edwards, said on Thursday.

Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said if any campaign tries to declare victory before they should, the company will add a label directing people to "the official results." He said the platform is partnering with Reuters and the National Election Pool to provide authoritative information.

Google separately announced it would scrutinize auto-complete suggestions for those searching about election information to prevent voters from being misinformed. The company said it would remove suggested wording about voting methods, so predictions such as “you can vote by phone” won't appear in an auto-complete result.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/09/11/technology-202-silicon-valley-is-preparing-candidates-falsely-declare-victory-election-night/


Trump's cyberwar will be amplified by Russian bot spread.

Since he and the IRA will try to mobilize public opinion and militias, the best thing for Twitter to do is to SHUT DOWN Trump's account before and after Election Day.

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