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"It’s clear that democracies around the world are under attack. Foreign entities are launching cyber strikes to disrupt elections and sow discord. Unfortunately

"It’s clear that democracies around the world are under attack. Foreign entities are launching cyber strikes to disrupt elections and sow discord. Unfortunately, the internet has become an avenue for some governments to steal and leak information, spread disinformation, and probe and potentially attempt to tamper with voting systems. We saw this during the United States general election in 2016, last May during the French presidential election, and now in a broadening way as Americans are preparing for the November midterm elections." Now that is a strong first paragraph. Microsoft is essentially saying that Russia did indeed influence the 2016 election (presumably in collaboration with Trump). I know the facts are public, but I did not expect such a big company to take such a political position.

superioritycplx 8y ago
What facts are public?
lern_too_spel 8y ago
It's not a political position. It's a statement of fact (excluding your presumption, which wasn't implied in the article) supported by both national political parties and the sitting president. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/17/us/politics/trump-putin-russia.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/17/us/politics/trump-putin-r...
- lagadu 8y ago
  > supported by both national political parties and the sitting president. This coming from a company from a country that can barely be considered to be democratic and that has the largest modern track record of interfering with foreign states' elections means that it holds very little value.
- dragonwriter 8y ago
  > It's not a political position. It is indeed a political position. > It's a statement of fact Sure, but it's still in the domain of politics.
rubzah 8y ago
There are more and bigger "threats to democracy" (whatever that means) than what they are cherry picking here, which indeed makes this a very politically charged initiative.

superioritycplx 8y ago

What facts are public?

lern_too_spel 8y ago

It's not a political position. It's a statement of fact (excluding your presumption, which wasn't implied in the article) supported by both national political parties and the sitting president. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/17/us/politics/trump-putin-russia.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/17/us/politics/trump-putin-r...

lagadu 8y ago
> supported by both national political parties and the sitting president. This coming from a company from a country that can barely be considered to be democratic and that has the largest modern track record of interfering with foreign states' elections means that it holds very little value.
dragonwriter 8y ago
> It's not a political position. It is indeed a political position. > It's a statement of fact Sure, but it's still in the domain of politics.

rubzah 8y ago

There are more and bigger "threats to democracy" (whatever that means) than what they are cherry picking here, which indeed makes this a very politically charged initiative.