Silicon Valley’s tech giants should help Uncle Sam retaliate against Russia for meddling in American politics, according to the top Republican in the US Senate.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s call comes after lawmakers in Washington spent days grilling top lawyers from Facebook Inc, Twitter Inc, and Alphabet Inc’s Google over how their platforms were used by Russian actors during the 2016 US election campaign. Last week, the technology companies also disclosed new details about meddling by the Russia-based Internet Research Agency.