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class=\"single-article content\">\n<div class=\"single-article__container js-single-article-content\">\n<header class=\"single-article__header \" readability=\"24.807268722467\">\n<div class=\"single-article__header-content\" readability=\"29.468634686347\">\n<ul class=\"single-article__eyebrow\">\n<li class=\"single-article__category\"> <a class=\"single-article__category-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/news\/cybersecurity\/\"> <span>Cybersecurity<\/span> <\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> Director Jen Easterly and other leaders said engaging social media firms to remove inaccurate posts is \u201cnot our role.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"single-article__cover-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"single-article__cover\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"640\" height=\"409\" 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https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/cisa-moves-away-from-trying-to-influence-content-moderation-decisions-on-election-disinformation-5.jpg?resize=1055,675 1055w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/cisa-moves-away-from-trying-to-influence-content-moderation-decisions-on-election-disinformation-5.jpg?resize=1318,843 1318w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1055px) 100vw, 1055px\"><figcaption> Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Jen Easterly testifies before a House Homeland Security subcommittee on April 28 in Washington. (Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"single-article__content\">\n<div class=\"single-article__content-inner has-drop-cap\"> <html readability=\"52.787508486083\"><body readability=\"107.21331316188\"><\/p>\n<p>Leaders at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency continue to express confidence that the nation\u2019s election infrastructure is well-protected for the 2024 elections, citing a litany of improvements to election security made since 2016. <\/p>\n<p>One thing you shouldn\u2019t expect CISA to continue this cycle? Petitioning social media platforms to take down false or inaccurate posts about elections.<\/p>\n<p>In a briefing with reporters Tuesday, Director Jen Easterly said CISA continues to regularly communicate with technology companies, social media platforms and other stakeholders about services that tech companies can offer to state and local election officials and security measures for the election cycle, while also sharing observed tactics from malign actors.<\/p>\n<p>In past election cycles, CISA\u2019s work included sharing information and flagging specific accounts and posts spreading false information for removal or content moderation. However, Easterly made it clear that work would not be part of CISA\u2019s election security mission this time around. <\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cTo be clear, none of these engagements involve CISA discussing content that is to be removed,\u201d Easterly said, adding that the practice is \u201cnot our role, that\u2019s not what we do. We\u2019re looking to work with our partners on overall threats to election infrastructure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That represents a step up from earlier this year, when CISA officials told reporters they had <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/cisa-no-credible-election-threats-and-no-contact-with-social-media-companies\/\">cut off all communication with social media platforms on election security<\/a> while facing lawsuits from conservative groups that challenged the government\u2019s authority to press private companies on their content moderation choices.<\/p>\n<p>But it represents a notable shift in CISA\u2019s previous approach to combating disinformation at the outset of the Biden administration. Until mid-2022, CISA<a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/opinions\/23pdf\/23-411_3dq3.pdf\"> regularly forwarded<\/a> third-party reports of election-related misinformation to the platforms, though the agency also included disclaimers that it would not take any favorable or unfavorable action toward the companies based on how they used the information.<\/p>\n<p>But even before the Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/supreme-court-rejects-effort-to-limit-government-communication-on-misinformation\/\">potentially allowed<\/a> the federal government to continue those activities, CISA officials expressed interest in pursuing less politically contentious methods to mitigate election disinformation.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/trump-chris-krebs-2020-election-security-twitter\/\">President Donald Trump famously fired CISA\u2019s founding director via Twitter<\/a> for publicly rebutting false claims of widespread election fraud. Since then, some congressional Republicans have targeted the agency, accusing it of colluding with social media companies to censor and suppress conservative voices.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Cait Conley, a senior advisor and election lead at CISA, pointed to an explosion of new digital communication tools over the past decade, resulting in \u201cmore platforms, more applications, more means for information to be shared and distributed\u201d than ever before. That reality can dilute the impact of removing content or users from any one particular site or platform.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Conley was critical of what she<a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/u-s-election-officialwhack-a-mole-strategies-less-effective-to-combat-disinfo\/\"> characterized<\/a> as the \u201cwhack-a-mole\u201d approach to mis- and disinformation that had defined previous elections. On the call Tuesday, she said the agency has been concentrating more on directing voters to accurate or definitive sources for election information than on pressing companies to moderate election denialists and misinformation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere we talk about the most effective way we\u2019re going to be able to mitigate this risk,\u201d she said, it\u2019s \u201creally by having those who are the trusted authoritative sources of information \u2014 state and local election officials \u2014 coming out and clearly articulating the realities on the ground in the election administration process that they know better than anyone else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Conley pointed to the swift coordination earlier this year between New Hampshire state officials when responding to an AI-generated robocall of President Joe Biden as a \u201ctextbook example\u201d of successful communication in the face of a disinformation campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Kathy Sullivan, the former state Democratic official whose cell phone number was spoofed in the incident, made a <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/biden-new-hampshire-robo-call-deepfake\/\">similar argument<\/a> in an interview with CyberScoop earlier this year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>She and other party officials immediately alerted supporters about the fake audio, contacted media outlets for broader coverage, and engaged agency lawyers to contact law enforcement and the state attorney general.. Within days, the New Hampshire Attorney General announced an investigation into potential voter suppression.<\/p>\n<p>That doesn\u2019t mean CISA is stepping back from its role on election-related disinformation. This past week, Easterly <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CISAJen\/status\/1823772106464620756\">responded<\/a> to a post on X from owner Elon Musk that suggested the U.S. was overly reliant on paperless voting machines.<\/p>\n<p>Easterly said her response to Musk\u2019s post was her way of \u201chelpfully pointing out what we saw was additional context that was really important to a story that came out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to ensure that the media understands who to go to, those state and local election officials, who are working this mission day in and day out so that you can help get that accurate information to voters so they can have confidence that their votes will be counted as cast,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><\/body> <\/p>\n<footer class=\"single-article__footer\" readability=\"3.257048092869\">\n<div class=\"author-card\" readability=\"13\">\n<div class=\"author-card__avatar\">\n<figure class=\"author-card__image-wrap\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/cisa-moves-away-from-trying-to-influence-content-moderation-decisions-on-election-disinformation-1.jpg?w=640&ssl=1\" alt=\"Derek B. 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