Facebook is coordinating a secret meeting of Silicon Valley giants to combat misinformation ahead of the US midterms

Reuters

• Silicon Valley giants are holding a private meeting on Friday to discuss how to tackle misinformation ahead of the 2018 midterm elections in November.
• Buzzfeed news first reported on the meeting after obtaining an email sent by Facebook's head of cybersecurity policy inviting a dozen companies to meet at Twitter's headquarters.
• The companies will present the work they've done to counter misinformation campaigns and discuss the problems they each face.

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Silicon Valley giants including Facebook, Twitter, Google, Microsoft, and Snap will hold a private meeting on Friday to discuss the problem of misinformation ahead of the US midterm elections in November.

The meeting was first reported by BuzzFeed, which obtained an email sent by Facebook's head of cybersecurity policy Nathaniel Gleicher. In the email, he invited representatives from 12 companies to meet at Twitter HQ in San Francisco.

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