FBI’s Wray: FBI Will Pursue ‘More Engagement’ with Social Media Companies Despite 5th Circuit Ruling

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WRAY: "Well, first, as you know, this is the subject of ongoing litigation. The findings of the lower courts in that litigation are things that are hotly contested through the department's filings, and, as you know, the department has asked the Supreme Court to not only stay that injunction, but to grant cert, and it has done both. I will say, and I think this is important for people to know, it is not seriously disputed, that our foreign adversaries have tried and are continuing to try to interfere in our elections. And it is not seriously disputed that those foreign adversaries are using social media, including U.S. social media platforms as part of that effort. And historically, our work in this space has enjoyed widespread bipartisan support. In fact, President Trump himself, rightly, in 2018, or '19, issued an executive order on this very subject, calling it a national emergency, SSCI, the Senate Intelligence Committee, on an overwhelmingly bipartisan basis, identified much the same and called for more engagement, more engagement with social media companies, not less. The key, the key is making sure that it's done in the right way. And that's what we're committed to do, focused on the hidden hand of the foreign actor, not on the content itself posted."