Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made his first appearance at the forum and called on tech firms to welcome some regulation around election interference.
Smith called on the tech sector to defend candidates from „attacks and hacking“ as the 2020 election looms. The president cited voting polls, results, and the process as key targets for hackers looking to harm the upcoming election.
Tech companies should also invest in curbing the kinds of disinformation campaigns Russia pushed throughout the 2016 race, he added. „We have a fundamental responsibility not just to address but to fight disinformation and I think we have a fundamental responsibility to ensure that our business models do not sap the strength of democracy itself by creating polarized communities that eat away at the core of what makes every democracy successful,“ Smith said during the Munich Security Conference.
Smith’s comments come as 2020 presidential campaigns ramp up and the hacking of the 2016 election remains a top concern. In the previous presidential election, programmers working for the Russian government were able to hack into an email server and steal messages between members of the Democratic National Committee. The emails were then leaked online, prompting investigations and continued concerns that the Russian government and foreign actors will again interfere in the U.S.
„Even if I’m not going to agree with every regulation in the near term, I do think it’s going to be the thing that helps create trust and better governance of the internet and will benefit everyone, including us, over the long term,“ Zuckerberg said, according to CNBC.
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