The Justice Department is committed to sharing with social media companies information that it picks up about efforts by foreign governments to influence this year’s elections. That's according to a speech being given Friday by Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco to a lawyers’ conference.
FILE - Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco testifies during a hearing, April 19, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Justice Department is committed to sharing with social media companies information that it picks up about efforts by foreign governments to influence this year’s elections, according to a speech being given by Monaco, Friday, August. 2, 2024.
The speech is to be given at the ABA’s Democracy Summit in Chicago, with Monaco reminding the audience of lawyers of their obligation to uphold the rule of law and promote faith in election integrity. Monaco’s remarks come weeks after a Supreme Court ruling that permitted the federal government to interact with social media companies, with the justiceswho claimed federal officials leaned on the platforms to unconstitutionally squelch conservative points of view. The court said the states and other parties did not have the legal right, or standing, to sue.
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