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    Tech giants discussed midterm election concerns with US government

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    Swapna Krishna
    Swapna Krishna
    06.26.2018

    This week, The New York Times reported that tech companies met with US government officials to discuss security and possible foreign influence around the 2018 midterm elections. Representatives from Amazon, Google, Twitter, Oath, Microsoft, Snap and Apple met at Facebook's headquarters in California. Christopher Krebs, an under secretary for the Department of Homeland Security, and an unnamed representative from the FBI's foreign influence task force were present at the meeting.