特朗普政府加大了向大型科技公司发出传票、索取批评其移民政策用户信息的力度。
The Trump administration has ratcheted up its use of subpoenas to seek information from big technology companies about users critical of its immigration policies.
随着民主党人为在中期选举中重掌权力而发力，硅谷正悄悄升级抵制行动。
Now, with Democrats pushing to regain power in the midterm elections, Silicon Valley is ramping up its quiet resistance.
知情人士透露，大型科技公司的董事会成员和高管正试图让自家公司免受未来民主党主导的国会调查波及，并回应用户和员工的担忧，同时仍在安抚特朗普政府。企业高管预计民主党将在中期选举后在国会获得更大权力，一些议员已在追问为何公司移交敏感用户信息。
Board members and top executives inside big tech companies are trying to insulate their firms from potential future Democratic-led congressional investigations and respond to user and employee concerns, while still placating the Trump administration, people familiar with the matter said. Corporate executives anticipate Democrats will gain more power in Congress after the midterms, and some lawmakers are already asking why the companies handed over sensitive user information.
据现任和前任员工、高管及顾问透露，Meta Platforms（META -1.24%下跌；下行三角）和Alphabet旗下Google（GOOGL 1.34%上涨；上行三角）近几个月采取了多项措施，包括抵制其认为过于宽泛的国土安全部信息索取要求，并延迟回应部分请求。包括TikTok在内的科技公司已更新用户通知政策，以便在向执法部门提供信息时更多地告知客户，因为多位民主党议员正准备就用户信息共享方式展开调查。
Meta Platforms META -1.24%decrease; down pointing triangle and Alphabet’s GOOGL 1.34%increase; up pointing triangle Google in recent months have taken steps including pushing back against what they see as overbroad demands from the Department of Homeland Security for information and delaying responses to some requests, according to current and former employees, executives and advisers familiar with the matter. Tech companies including TikTok have updated user notification policies to tell customers more about when their information is given to law enforcement, as several Democratic lawmakers tee up investigations into how user information is shared.