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Sean Askay, right, engineering manager with Google Earth, demonstrates features on Google Earth, displayed in background, Tuesday, April 18, 2017, in New York. Google Earth is getting a revival, with the mapping service becoming more of a tool for adventure and exploration. (AP Photo/Anick Jesdanun) **FILE**

Google to issue reports on users' location data to help governments enforce social distancing

Google spending $6.5 million on efforts devoted to combating coronavirus misinformation

Microsoft cheers, ACLU jeers law restricting use of facial-recognition technology

In this Dec. 11, 2018, file photo, a man browses his smartphone outside a Huawei store at a shopping mall in Beijing. Sen. Tom Cotton, Arkansas Republican, has introduced legislation preventing intelligence sharing with countries that permit Huawei to operate 5G networks. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) **FILE**

New law aims to block China from spying on U.S. telecommunications networks

Facebook's "like" symbol is posted at the entrance to the company's campus in Menlo Park, California, in this June 11, 2014, photo. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) ** FILE **

Leading internet companies team up to fight coronavirus misinformation

In this Jan. 9, 2019, file photo, media and guests mingle before a tour of Facebook's new 130,000-square-foot offices, which occupy the top three floors of a 10-story Cambridge, Mass. building. Facebook and Twitter's announcements Thursday, March 12, 2020, that they have removed dozens of accounts and pages from their services show that Russia's efforts to interfere in the U.S. presidential election are getting more sophisticated and harder to detect. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Facebook takedowns reveal sophistication of Russian trolls

President Donald Trump gestures while walking on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, March, 9, 2020, after stepping off Marine One. The president is returning from Florida. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Trump cracks down with order against Chinese software company

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on preventing the spread of coronavirus in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020. Putin has urged the country's government to &quot;be prepared&quot; for dealing with a possible outbreak of the new virus Wednesday. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) ** FILE **

Russia behind coronavirus disinformation spreading online, says State Department official

This April 30, 2018, photo shows a T-Mobile store in Herald Square in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

T-Mobile discloses data breach, blames 'sophisticated attack' waged against employee email accounts

This April 26, 2017, file photo shows the Twitter app icon on a mobile phone in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Twitter's new tools to crack down on harmful, manipulative content

House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Rep. Mike Rogers, Michigan Republican, took President Obama to task for going to Hawaii for vacation right after North Korea's cyberattack against Sony. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Former Rep. Mike Rogers forms group to fight China over 5G

In this Dec. 8, 2017, photo, coins are displayed next to a Bitcoin ATM in Hong Kong. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) **FILE**

U.S. charges two Chinese nationals in North Korea cryptocurrency scheme

In this Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018, file photo, students hold their hands in the air as they are evacuated by police from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., after a shooter opened fire on the campus. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, File)

Calif. man sentenced to more than 5 years for cyberstalking families of Parkland shooting victims

In this file photo, Fox News senior judicial analyst Andrew Napolitano hosts the inaugural broadcast of "Liberty File" on the new streaming service Fox Nation, in New York, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Fox News analyst Andrew Napolitano calls Trump admin.'s case against Assange unconstitutional

A cleaner works near an empty store of Chinese computer manufacturer Lenovo at a district selling computer products in Beijing, China on Wednesday, May 15, 2019. China's factory output and consumer spending weakened in April as a tariff war with Washington intensified, adding to pressure on Beijing to shore up shaky economic growth.(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Chinese tech in U.S. funnels data to Beijing's intelligence services

Demonstrators march to protest against the extradition of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, in London, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020. Assange is fighting extradition to the United States on spying charges.(AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

Julian Assange extradition case: U.S. says free speech no excuse for WikiLeaks founder's crimes

This April 26, 2017, file photo shows the Twitter app icon on a mobile phone in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Twitter considering new feature to flag tweets containing misinformation

In this Aug. 1, 2018, file photo, Rudy Giuliani, attorney for President Donald Trump, addresses a gathering during a campaign event in Portsmouth, N.H. House committees have subpoena Giuliani for documents related to Ukraine. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Cybercriminals capitalize on Rudy Giuliani's Twitter typos

In this Dec. 10, 2009, file photo, people walk in Red Square, with St. Basil Cathedral, left, the Kremlin's Spassky Tower, right back, and Lenin Mausoleum, right, in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze, File)

U.S. and allies blame Russia for large-scale cyberattack conducted against the country of Georgia

In this Aug. 3, 2015, file photo, a man rides his bike past the MGM Grand hotel and casino in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

MGM Resorts acknowledges security breach; personal info of hotel guests surfaces on hacking site

In this Sept. 25, 2017, file photo, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, file)

2020 election meddling by foreign hackers will 'make 2016 look like small potatoes,' warns Wyden

Chinese military personnel march during the parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of Communist China in Beijing, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

LinkedIn loophole: China's military weaponizing professional networking platform, officials warn

Attorney General William Barr speaks during a news conference, Monday, Feb. 10, 2020, at the Justice Department in Washington, as Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General Seth Ducharm looks on. Four members of the Chinese military have been charged with breaking into the networks of the Equifax credit reporting agency and stealing the personal information of tens of millions of Americans, the Justice Department said Monday, blaming Beijing for one of the largest hacks in history. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

China denies cybertheft following Equifax accusations

In this September 2017 file photo, a flag is waved outside the White House, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Nigerians in U.S. claim 'racism,' shocked by Trump's travel restrictions

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'Paradigm shift': New U.S. counterintel strategy seeks private sector response to attacks

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and his companies have been the target of verbal attacks by the president. (Associated Press/File)

Bezos vs. Trump: Amazon wants president to testify in lawsuit over massive cloud contract

President Trump earned bipartisan applause during last week's State of the Union address with his vow to spread high-speed internet service to rural America. An estimated 19 million Americans still lack broadband, according to the FCC. (Associated Press)

Promise to spread high-speed internet remains elusive

In this March 3, 2016, file photo, two people work on a computer in Atlanta. Researchers who study misinformation predict it will get worse leading up to this year's presidential vote. Misinformation and disinformation can take the form of false news stories and photos and videos that have been doctored or presented without context. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Cyborgs, trolls and bots: A guide to online misinformation

FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies during an oversight hearing of the House Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Pensacola gunman intentionally shot Apple iPhone, encrypted data still inaccessible: FBI director

FBI Director Christopher Wray is sworn in as he testifies during an oversight hearing of the House Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

FBI Director Wray warns of Russian meddling in the 2020 election

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