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		</div><p>Google is giving political organizations in Europe free access to tools that tackle online attacks and disruption ahead of upcoming EU elections in May.</p>
<p>The company&#8217;s cybersecurity incubator Jigsaw is making its Project Shield system available to campaigns and candidates, amid fears of election meddling.</p>
<p>From today, the defense technology is being rolled out to European political organizations after previously only being available to news organizations and human rights groups.</p>
<p>Project Shield is able to protect websites from distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, a malicious disruption technique that floods a website with fake visitors in an attempt to knock it offline, making it hard for real users to access the service.</p>
<p>The technology on offer claims to be able to detect malicious attempts and rejects the traffic.</p>
<p><em>&#8220;Cyberattacks against democratic institutions are on the rise and have steadily increased in intensity over the past few years,&#8221;</em> said Scott Carpenter, director of policy and international engagement at Jigsaw.</p>
<p>&#8220;With citizens across Europe heading to the polls in May, defending these organizations from digital attacks has become a pressing concern.</p>
<p><em>&#8220;Today we&#8217;re announcing the expansion of Project Shield to European political organizations &#8211; extending free protection to campaigns and candidates ahead of the EU parliamentary elections in May 2019.&#8221;</em></p>
<p>In recent years, a number of DDoS attacks have been employed to disrupt the democratic process, including the Czech Republic parliamentary elections in October 2017.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">We&#39;re boosting protection for elections by bringing Project Shield from <a href="https://twitter.com/Jigsaw?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Jigsaw</a> to political campaigns in Europe, part of our work to prevent abuse ahead of EU elections ðªðº <a href="https://t.co/OiYe48XGiE">https://t.co/OiYe48XGiE</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Google Europe (@googleeurope) <a href="https://twitter.com/googleeurope/status/1090177533029634048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 29, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Google&#8217;s move comes after Facebook announced its own tools for political advert transparency, already available in the UK, would be rolled out across Europe for issues related to European Parliament elections.</p>
<p>Speaking to the media on Monday, former deputy prime minister Sir Nick Clegg said that an &#8220;election integrity centre&#8221; would be opened in Dublin as a hub for spotting hate speech, misinformation and attempted election interference on the site ahead of the polls.</p>
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