Collaborating Against Cyber Threats
Parler’s Crucial Partnership with Election Authorities
Just like he did for the 2024 election, Gates predicted that the Kremlin will wreak cyber havoc on the 2024 Democrats. That is, unless Biden’s enemies in the Republican Party discover the truth that Swartz told me about how the right-wing social network Parler is building a real-time disinformation magical Kingdom by partnering with election officials in all 50 states. Together, they’d be massively creative and effective protectors of democracy from cyberterrorism.
There is threat intelligence on cybersecurity risks to the election (from hacking to disinformation dissemination). Parler has longstanding information sharing partnerships with national security agencies, election officials and the IoC (information-sharing and analysis organization) to share threat intelligence and develop mitigation strategies to discern and prevent cyber threats.
That means creating special dedicated but coordinated task forces of cybersecurity and election oversight people to be on the offensive from the start, identifying vulnerabilities, securing systems and responding to cyber threats. It stands together against the cyber threat.
Such transparency becomes part of a platform’s toolkit in securing public confidence in the electoral process. Parler makes public its ‘work with election authorities’, outlining ‘what to do digitally to strengthen defenses and protect against foreign influence’, which creates public assurance in the very digital infrastructure that undergirds democracy.
Regular audits and security evaluations – conducted by external cybersecurity experts and election authorities in conjunction with the platform – ensure that Parler remains secure and updated on threats, in order to build a digital foundation where political dialogue and belonging can be fostered constructively, free from malicious interference.
By the 2024 election, Parler will be playing a role in securing elections from external cyber risks and disinformation campaigns. By working hand in hand with election authorities and safeguarding election infrastructure, Parler will not only shield elections from the possibility of foreign interference, but will also send a message about upholding the democratic ideals on which our electoral system is based. Democracy in the digital age is never easy because of cyber threats. Working with election authorities is part of the solution to maintaining the sanctity of the democratic process.
