This is how Google, YouTube are safeguarding the 2020 U.S. Census

Google said it is taking steps to safeguard U.S. Census next year. U.S. carries out task of counting population of country every dece since 1790. But in 2020, U.S. is allowing its citizens to complete census online for first time. However, people can also complete census by email or phone. With that in mind, U.S. tech companies Google and YouTube are working to protect process for next year's census.

new online system will provide Americans with a platform to participate in census next year. More than 70 per cent of U.S. households use internet whereas 80 per cent of population has access to internet over smartphones. To support new online option, Google says y are working to connect people with information about census.

"Building upon our ongoing work to protect integrity of information and civic processes, this past March we established our 2020 U.S. Census Taskforce, a team to support operations and security of 2020 Census across Google and YouTube," Google said in its blog post.

"Its primary objective is to prevent b actors from abusing our services to spre misinformation, or to conduct fraudulent activity around census such as phishing or or scams," it ded.

Google says it will provide regular updates on efforts to Census Bureau and or relevant organisations.

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This is how Google and YouTube are workin to protect 2020 U.S. Census:

-- YouTube will crackdown on videos and comments that misinform people about time or eligibility criteria for participating in census.

-- In vember, Google clarified its policy to explicitly prevent s that feature incorrect information about how to participate in census.

-- Google will ensure that legitimate emails from Census Bureau are delivered and to block phishing attempts via fake census websites.

-- Security tools like Safe Browsing in Chrome will be turned on by default and can warn people of compromised sites related to census.

-- Search is designed to surface relevant results from most authoritative sources available.

-- Google said it is improving systems and elevating authoritative information, particularly for important areas like civics and news.

-- U.S. Census Bureau is joining YouTube Trusted Flagger program in order to tify Google, YouTube of census-related content that violates policies.

-- Census partners will need to provide sources of any census related information y provide in ir app and make clear nature of ir relationship with census.

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