Tech firms step up to confront online threats. But some ask, what about the White House? - The Washington Post

Technology giants increasingly are casting themselves as defenders of online integrity as American democracy, yet again, comes under attack. A recent string of revelations from companies including Facebook, Microsoft and Google about foreign hacking and disinformation amount to a public answer to charges that the technology industry should have done more to thwart Russia’s online attacks in 2016.

But highly publicized moves by Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft and YouTube against Russian and Iranian online meddling have thrown into sharp relief the comparatively low-key response by the federal government. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/08/24/tech-firms-step-up-confront-online-threats-some-ask-what-about-white-house/