(3) FBI, CISA RESUME DISINFORMATION WORK WITH SOCIAL MEDIA AHEAD OF ELECTION: At the RSA Conference yesterday, Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) said federal agencies including the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the FBI resumed communications with social media companies after the Supreme Court appeared to favor the Biden administrations argument in Murthy v Missouri earlier this year.
“The secretary delivered a very clear message that we view interference in our domestic democratic process as dangerous and unacceptable,” Cyberspace and Digital Policy Ambassador Nathaniel Fick said during the conference.
Why It Matters: Expect social media censorship to increase as the election nears. Many tech company Trust & Safety divisions, which handle requests from government agencies to deemphasize or take down posts, are staffed by former government officials, and they have coordinated in the past with CISA and the FBI. – R.C.
