Daily Articles Related to Election Cybersecurity
USC in the News
Lieutenant governor touts Alaska’s cybersecurity ahead of Nov. 3 general
Sean Maguire / Alaska News Source / Sept. 3, 2020
Election cybersecurity and disinformation forum set to include Tennessee Secretary of State
Mariah Timms / Nashville Tennessean / Sept. 4, 2020
Election Cybersecurity
Q&A: How Arizona’s Katie Hobbs is tackling 2020 election security
Phil Goldstein / StateTech Magazine / Sept. 3, 2020
Russia ‘amplifying’ concerns around mail-in voting to undermine election: report
Maggie Miller / The Hill / Sept. 3, 2020
Trump administration urged to sanction Russian individuals and groups for election meddling
Shannon Vavra / CyberScoop / Sept. 3, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology
Reuters partners with Facebook to deliver live U.S. election night results to social media users
Reuters Communications / Reuters / Sept. 3, 2020
Student charged in cyberattacks at Miami-Dade schools
Jacey Fortin / The New York Times / Sept. 3, 2020
Chief executives face rising accountability for cyber lapses
James Rundle and Catherine Stupp / The Wall Street Journal / Sept. 3, 2020
Four state attorneys general back Trump on social media regulation push
David Shepardson / Reuters / Sept. 3, 2020
America’s problem is much bigger than TikTok
David Wertime / POLITICO / Sept. 3, 2020
TikTok launches marketing program for advertisers
Akanksha Rana and Shounak Dasgupta / Reuters / Sept. 3, 2020
Can I still be hacked with 2FA enabled?
David Tuffley / The Conversation / Sept. 3, 2020
AI in education: An initiative to assist student in learning
Astha Oriel / Analytics Insight / Sept. 3, 2020
The Justice Department could file a lawsuit against Google this month, overriding skepticism from its own top lawyers
Tony Romm / The Washington Post / Sept. 3, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology — International
Twitter account linked to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hacked
Rebecca Falconer / Axios / Sept. 3, 2020
Regional publishers hit back at Facebook’s ‘inflammatory’ threat to ban news sharing in Australia
Amanda Meade / The Guardian / Sept. 3, 2020
The Facebook prime minister: how Jacinda Ardern became New Zealand’s most successful political influencer
Sommer Kapitan / The Conversation / Sept. 3, 2020
China throws a wrench into TikTok acquisition plans
Mathew Ignram / Columbia Journalism Review / Sept. 3, 2020
China reiterates right to review tech export deals amid confused TikTok US sale
Tracy Qu and Coco Feng / South China Morning Post / Sept. 3, 2020
Disinformation / Misinformation
Why disinformation is a major threat to 2020 Election: Quicktake
Alyza Sebenius / Bloomberg / Sept. 3, 2020
We are not going to fact-check our way out of QAnon
Spencer Bokat-Lindell / The New York Times / Sept. 3, 2020
Congress must be clear: no doctored videos
The Editorial Board / The New York Times / Sept. 3, 2020
Facebook, Twitter crack down Trump’s double-voting remarks
Cristiano Lima / POLITICO / Sept. 3, 2020
After Trump’s remarks, election officials warn that trying to vote twice is a crime and could undermine the system
David Nakamura et al. / The Washington Post / Sept. 3, 2020
Facebook to limit last-minute political ads in final U.S. election push
Katie Paul and Elizabeth Culliford / Reuters / Sept. 3, 2020
Facebook ad shakeup could alter campaigns’ endgame plans
Steven Overly / POLITICO / Sept. 3, 2020
Pinterest reins in advertising related to political terms
Mike Isaac / The New York Times / Sept. 3, 2020
Facebook, under pressure in India, bans politician for hate speech
Newley Purnell and Rajesh Roy / The Wall Street Journal / Sept. 3, 2020
‘Culture of misinformation’: artists protest against London thinktanks
Sian Cain and Jessica Murray / The Guardian / Sept. 2, 2020
Fact check: 94% of individuals with additional causes of death still had COVID-19
Reuters Fact Check Team / Reuters / Sept. 3, 2020
Fact check: Facebook did not ban the Trump campaign from advertising
Reuters Fact Check Team / Reuters / Sept. 3, 2020
Fact check: Fauci said “there is no reason why we can’t vote in person” if guidelines are followed
Reuters Fact Check Team / Reuters / Sept. 3, 2020
Elections During a Pandemic
NYers who vote by absentee ballot can change that vote at the polls
Michael Gormley / Newsday / Sept. 3, 2020
A smooth Massachusetts election could also be a cautionary tale
Nick Corasaniti and Stephanie Saul / The New York Times / Sept. 3, 2020
More states offering websites, notifications to track absentee ballots
Benjamin Freed / StateScoop / Sept. 3, 2020
A smooth election
David Leonhardt / The New York Times / Sept. 3, 2020
Election chiefs worry about uncertainty as voting nears
Nicholas Riccardi and Alan Suderman / The Associated Press News / Sept. 3, 2020
How Libraries Can Save the 2020 Election
Eric Klinenberg / The New York Times / Sept. 3, 2020
Citizenship delays imperil voting for hundreds of thousands of immigrants in the 2020 election
Ming Hsu Chen / The Conversation / Sept. 3, 2020
Postal delays spill into congressional races
Natalie Andrews and Kristina Peterson / The Wall Street Journal / Sept. 3, 2020
California seeks immediate reversal of U.S. Postal Service changes
Maya Lau and Laura J. Nelson / Los Angeles Times / Sept. 3, 2020
The Post Office’s secret weapon to keep mail-in ballots secure
Michael Ravnitzky and Kevin Kosar / POLITICO / Sept. 3, 2020
No, the National Guard Cannot Seize and Destroy Ballots
Jim Geraghty / The National Review / Sept. 3, 2020
U.S. attorney general calls mail-in voting ‘playing with fire’; experts say fraud rare
Eric Beech / Reuters / Sept. 3, 2020
The lawsuits that could decide the 2020 election
Zack Stanton / POLITICO / Sept. 3, 2020
Trump campaign and RNC sue Montana over mail-in voting expansion
Jacob Knutson / Axios / Sept. 3, 2020
Trump, Biden campaigns turn to streaming services to reach voters
Emily Glazer and Patience Haggin / The Wall Street Journal / Sept. 3, 2020
Overseas military, family members now have free express mail option for their absentee ballot
Karen Jowers / Military Times / Sept. 3, 2020
Voter registration groups taps into influencer power to reach new voters
Rachel Janfaza / CNN / Sept. 3, 2020
These Fashion Designers Want to Register One Million Voters Before the General Election
Chelsey Sanchez / Harper Bazaar / Sept. 3, 2020
‘Can you imagine if we’re waiting on Pennsylvania?’: State Dems scramble to avoid voting fiasco
Holly Otterbein / POLITICO / Sept. 3, 2020