Google announces measures to protect the European Union elections

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Google has announced measures that it is taking in order to help protect the May 2019 European Union (EU) parliamentary elections. Some of the measures that the firm outlined include giving voters the information they need, helping voters understand the political ads that they see, and finally it will help protect campaigns keep their online presence secure.

 

The first measure Google will take is to give voters the relevant information they need to go out and cast their vote. In anticipation of the elections, Google will be working with Election Commissions across the member states in order to help people have access to electoral information, this will include data such as where voters need to go to cast their vote. With this data, Google will also be able to give you directions via Google Maps.

 

The next measure will be to inform voters about which entities are advertising to them, Google will tell users who is paying for an advertisement so that they can make a more informed judgement about the ads they see. Additionally, Google will also make advertisers verify their identity and will also release an EU Election Ads Transparency Report which users can search in order to find out which entities are purchasing ads, who they’re targeting with the ads, and how much money is being spent.

 

Lastly, Google wants to help campaigns protect their online presence; it will be delivering in-person security training to the most vulnerable groups who experience the highest risk of phishing attacks. It will teach them about the Advanced Protection Program in order to protect their online accounts and Project Shield to protect their websites from DDoS attacks.

 

Regarding its current fact-checking efforts, Google said that its Google News Lab will collaborate with news organisations across the EU in order to help them fact check. Google will do this by offering a series of free verification workshops that point journalists to the latest tools to support their coverage and rout out disinformation.

 

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I never seen no fact checking service that was really relevant .. They can only debunk stories that were proven not to be true  . But many news sites use anonymous sources and they ether lean one way or the other , somethings posted in the news you never figure out if it's true or not and somethings you do.  Google can't really help ... Facebook tired all that with the USA  and  what happens  when you check a story that has no info if it's true are not?  you get no info.   And the more Facebook and Twitter do the more there ship sinks. 

 

If Google is behind it they going give you results leaning toward there  CEO's political view points there under investigation in the USA  for  it so how could you trust them? The EU Government don't  like Google no how, so next thing you know they will  be also be investigated in the EU for trying to rig the vote if there not careful with this. When they tried to do stuff like this in the  USA they ended up in front of congress  and the president. They need to stay out of politics  if they  value there company and be good little Muppets and do what the Governments   ask them to  and do not make up stuff no one asked for they are just asking for more trouble  . .

 

All  Big Tech companies are hiding things  they have top secrets that only higher level employees have access  to when Google shared some of them with there lower level employees it all leaked in the press. The things that leaked were not nice so why would you trust them with politics  ? There a non union company  full of womanizers. It leaked out they paid some employees millions to quit Google  because some complained on them for sexual harassment.  Another video leaked were they had a company meeting were they were  talking about politics and imposing there liberal  view points on there employees if they would do that  at work you know they do that to there services . Google they don't fool me i see them for what they are .

 

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Isn't this kinda stupid! Years after the privateer were established in the US, the government has now just starting to look into it. The foreign government already encroach these internet giant for so many years and they still getting into it due to the legality of the issues.

 

 

 

The foreign government there talking  about is the EU  who passed privacy laws because of them.