
The Shortlist: Seven Ways Platforms Can Prepare for the U.S. 2024 Election
Protect Democracy has produced four recommendations to inform preparations to safeguard the information ecosystem surrounding the U.S. general election.
June 5, 2023
Head of the Technology and Data Governance Team
Nicole Schneidman is head of the technology and data governance team at Protect Democracy working to combat anti-democratic applications and impacts of technology, including disinformation. Prior to Protect Democracy, Nicole was Head of Community Product Partnerships at Facebook where she led a team advocating for the needs of community leaders in the development of Facebook’s community product suite and related integrity policies with a focus on Facebook Groups. Nicole earned her JD/MBA from the University of Pennsylvania’s Law and Wharton School and her BA from Georgetown University.Â
Protect Democracy has produced four recommendations to inform preparations to safeguard the information ecosystem surrounding the U.S. general election.
June 5, 2023
“If any private company who processes and has access to states’ sensitive data complies with these kinds of federal demands, that is a dangerous and very slippery slope,” said Nicole Schneidman, an attorney and technology policy strategist with Protect Democracy, which describes itself as “a cross-ideological nonprofit group” dedicated to defeating authoritarian threats and protecting freedoms.
“It would validate a tactic where government pressure on vendors effectively allows the federal government access to states’ data while making an end run around states,” Schneidman said.
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