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Censorship accusations loom over Big Tech hearing on election threats
But AI has yet to cause a major election bombshell.
Top policy executives from Meta, Microsoft, and Google testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday about what they’re doing to protect US voters from foreign election threats in 2024. Microsoft president Brad Smith, for example, said that two key principles in the approach to election threats should be preserving the right to free expression and defending the public from the deceptive tactics of foreign nation-states. Several executives and lawmakers acknowledged there hasn’t yet been the major AI bombshell many anticipated, but they predicted the days right before and after the election will prove to be the biggest test of foreign influence protections.
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