GOOGLE EXEC TO UN: UKRAINE 'A CRYSTAL BALL' FOR INFO WARFARE

A Google executive warned the U.N. Security Council that cyberattacks, disinformation and other forms of information warfare being waged in Ukraine are a "crystal ball" for future problems elsewhere.

"States must find a way to turn the volume down and settle on some kind of deterrence doctrine for the cyber domain," Jared Cohen said at a council meeting on hate speech, incitement, and atrocities in Ukraine.

He argued that while tech companies have needed expertise, "there is no magical algorithm or single fix for this, and finding a solution will take a lot of experimentation.

Cohen heads Jigsaw, a part of Google that aims to build technology to combat disinformation, censorship and extremism online.