Daily Articles Related to Election Cybersecurity
Election Cybersecurity
The Cybersecurity 202: Biden campaign hires first top cybersecurity official to protect against digital threats
Joseph Marks / The Washington Post / July 10, 2020
Trump confirms 2018 US cyberattack on Russian troll farm
Maggie Miller / The Hill / July 10, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology
Amazon.com bans TikTok from employees’ phones, cites ‘security’: memo
Echo Wang and Krystal Hu / Reuters / July 10, 2020
Cyber Daily: TikTok looks to distance itself from China, Microsoft’s court case against alleged North Korean hackers
The Wall Street Journal / July 10, 2020
Smartwatch tracker for the vulnerable can be hacked to send medication alerts
Charlie Osborne / ZDNet / July 10, 2020
Why AI might be the most under-used emergency response tool
Colin Wood / StateScoop / July 9, 2020
WhatsApp using QR codes to help initiate chats between brands and customers
Aimee Chanthadavong / ZDNet / July 10, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology — International
When will the UK ‘track and trace’ app be ready – and how will it work?
Hasan Chowdhury, Matthew Field, and Margi Murphy / The Telegraph / July 10, 2020
A U.K. reversal on Huawei?
The Editorial Board / The Wall Street Journal / July 9, 2020
Chinese officials bemoan ‘significant catch-up’ needed with US on chipmaking, as industrial decoupling looms
Frank Tang / South China Morning Post / July 10, 2020
Data privacy concerns weigh heavily on China’s AI leadership ambitions amid US trade sanctions
Minghe Hu and Yujie Xue / South China Morning Post / July 10, 2020
Disinformation / Misinformation
Election Meddling Drives DHS to Seek Help Tracking Social Media
Shaun Courtney / Bloomberg Government / July 9, 2020
Rein in digital platforms and save the free press
The Seattle Times Editorial Board / The Seattle Times / July 10, 2020
Report: Facebook considering political ad blackout ahead of election
Sara Fischer / Axios / July 10, 2020
Senators raise concerns over Facebook’s civil rights audit
Chris Mills Rodrigo / The Hill / July 10, 2020
Can Facebook be fixed?
Ryan Bort / Rolling Stone / July 9, 2020
Instagram bans ‘conversion therapy’ content as opposition grows
Darnell Christie and Thomson Reuters Foundation / Reuters / July 10, 2020
Fact Check: Picture does not show advertising endorsed by TED
Reuters Fact Check Team / Reuters / July 10, 2020
Fact check: Scam page asks people to watch video to help find kidnapped girl
Reuters Fact Check Team / Reuters / July 10, 2020
Fact check: False Donald Trump quote on Africans
Reuters Fact Check Team / Reuters / July 10, 2020
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Ali Swenson et al. / The Associated Press / July 10, 2020
Elections During a Pandemic
Elections supervisor confident despite early loss of 13 polling places
Wayne Washington / Palm Beach Post / July 9, 2020
Wisconsin’s five largest cities awarded $6.3 million in effort to make elections safer amid coronavirus pandemic
Mary Spicuzza / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / July 6, 2020
Madison County sees huge spike in absentee ballots
Kelly Kennedy / WZDX (Fox) / July 9, 2020
Griswold institutes permanent election rules, tweaking administrative procedures
Michael Karlick / Colorado Politics / July 9, 2020
At Least 8,000 Absentee Ballots In Georgia Rejected For Coming In Late
Stephen Fowler et al. / GPB Radio News / July 7, 2020
Record absentee voting in presidential primary offers preview of fall elections
Sophia Schmidt and Roman Battaglia / Delaware Public Media / July 8, 2020
N.J. temporarily shuts down site showing where you can vote in person for today’s primary
Jonathan D. Salant / NJ.com / July 7, 2020
West Virginia mail carrier admits attempted election fraud
The Associated Press / July 9, 2020
State Outlines Plans for Polling Place Protective Equipment, From Sanitizer to Sneeze Guards
Casey McDermott / NHPR / July 7, 2020
Ohio elections boards must email or call absentee voters who don’t provide identifying information
Rick Rouan / The Columbus Dispatch / July 6, 2020
American politics used to be socially distant
Ted Widmer / The Wall Street Journal / July 10, 2020
Election Experts Warn of November Disaster
Matt Vasilogambros / PEW Stateline / July 8, 2020
‘Epic failure’: U.S. election officials warn of November chaos due to budget crunch
Jason Lange and Simon Lewis / Reuters / July 10, 2020
Trump postpones New Hampshire campaign rally
Andrew Restuccia / The Wall Street Journal / July 10, 2020
Florida virus surge threatens Trump’s convention plans
Jarrett Renshaw / Reuters / July 9, 2020
Covering the campaigns
The Editors / Columbia Journalism Review / Summer 2020
Hundreds barred from voting in Spanish regional elections due to COVID-19
Nathan Allen et al. / Reuters / July 10, 2020
Uganda cracks down on media ahead of elections in 2021, watchdog says
Elias Biryabarema / Reuters / July 10, 2020
Singapore’s ruling party keeps hold on power, but opposition gains
Feliz Solomon / The Wall Street Journal / July 10, 2020