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Tech firm executives to testify before US Senate about election threats

Published 09/10/2024, 05:42 PM
Updated 09/11/2024, 06:16 PM
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: President of Global Affairs at Google Kent Walker speaks under the heading "Defending Ukraine - View from Tech" during Copenhagen Democracy Summit in the Skuespilhuset in Copenhagen, Denmark, June 10, 2022. Ritzau Scanpix/Philip Davali via RE
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(This Sept. 10 story has been corrected to remove an erroneous inclusion of an Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE) executive testifying in paragraph 2)

By Kanishka Singh

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Executives from major tech firms like Google, Adobe, Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) will testify next week at a U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on election threats.

Google parent Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL)'s global affairs president Kent Walker, Meta's global affairs president Nick Clegg and Microsoft President Brad Smith will testify at the Sept. 18 hearing, a spokesperson from the office of Senator Mark Warner, who chairs the panel, confirmed.

U.S. officials have been attempting to crack down on efforts to spread disinformation and misinformation online surrounding the Nov. 5 election in which Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican former President Donald Trump will face off. Polls show a tight contest.

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: President of Global Affairs at Google Kent Walker speaks under the heading

Previous U.S. intelligence assessments have said that Russia, Iran and China have tried to meddle in American elections, allegations which those nations deny. Those nations have alleged that Washington interferes in their domestic affairs, claims that the U.S. denies.

Tech executives have testified previously before the U.S. Congress over election-related hearings in recent years.

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