Leaders from Facebook, Twitter and Google told the House Intelligence Committee that their practices have prompted foreign influence-mongers to make some of their operations less clandestine and more overt.
Jeff Chiu/APFacebook's Like logo is shown on a sign at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif.Foreign influence-mongers are altering their tactics in response to changes in the practices of the big social media platforms since the 2016 election, three Big Tech representatives told House Democrats on Thursday.
He and his colleagues told Democrats in a videoconference they are seeing fewer coordinated efforts to use social media to spread false information or inflame tensions among Americans and more of that work via official government channels — some of which, however, have a presence on social media. "We're proud of the progress we've made to protect authentic discourse on our platforms but there's obviously more work to do," he said.
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