Daily Articles Related to Election Cybersecurity
USC in the News
Hoosiers receive cybersecurity lesson ahead of election
Kayla Sullivan / Fox 59 News / Sept. 22, 2020
Hoosiers receive cybersecurity lesson ahead of election
Kayla Sullivan / CBS 4 Indy / Sept. 22, 2020
Election interference stretches beyond the vote count
Eric Berman / 93.1 WIBC Indianapolis / Sept. 22, 2020
From deepfakes to fake news, an array of influences aim to shape voter decisions
Gary Polakovic / USC News / Sept. 22, 2020
Election Cybersecurity
Battleground states have improved election security, but more can be done, report says
Benjamin Freed / StateScoop / Sept. 22, 2020
U.S. warns ‘foreign actors’ aim to sow doubts over mail-in voting
Jason Lange / Reuters / Sept. 22, 2020
C.I.A. reasserts Putin is likely directing election influence efforts to aid Trump
Julian E. Barnes and David E. Sanger / The New York Times / Sept. 22, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology
Surveillance company explains how to keep Facebook from detecting fake accounts in leaked manual
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE Media / Sept. 22, 2020
YouTube will use tech updates to better enforce age restrictions
Sara Fischer / Axios / Sept. 22, 2020
Tech-fluent leaders can make the case for technology investments
Jon Mazella / StateTech Magazine / Sept. 22, 2020
A long-term battle: The tech industry’s role in combating climate change
Aimee Chanthadavong / ZDNet / Sept. 22, 2020
Justice Department, states to meet in possible prelude to Google antitrust suit
Leah Nylen / POLITICO / Sept. 22, 2020
Why Puerto Rico is still struggling to get online
Kyle Daly / Axios / Sept. 22, 2020
The dark web won’t hide you anymore, police warn crooks
Danny Palmer / ZDNet / Sept. 22, 2020
Addressing systemic biases with virtual reality
Astha Oriel / Analytics Insight / Sept. 22, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology – International
The WeChat ban vs. the First Amendment
Sara Fischer and Scott Rosenberg / Axios / Sept. 22, 2020
How Trump’s shot at WeChat could hit Americans instead
David Wertime / Sept. 22, 2020
Trump’s TikTok deal explained: who is Oracle? Why Walmart? And what does it mean for our data?
Paul Haskell-Dowland and Nathalie Collins / The Conversation / Sept. 22, 2020
UK firm to power face verification in Singapore’s digital identity system
Eileen Yu / ZDNet / Sept. 22, 2020
Disinformation / Misinformation
U.S. agencies warn of disinformation on delayed election results
Alyza Sebenius / Bloomberg / Sept. 22, 2020
Facebook to ‘restrict the circulation of content’ if chaos results from election: report
Justine Coleman / The Hill / Sept. 22, 2020
Facebook takes down fake pages created in China aimed at influencing U.S. election
Adam Goldman et al. / The New York Times / Sept. 22, 2020
The Russian trolls have a simpler job today. Quote Trump.
David E. Sanger and Zolan Kanno-Youngs / The New York Times / Sept. 22, 2020
This misinformation was coming from inside the house
Zach Montague / The New York Times / Sept. 22, 2020
Most tech pros believe Facebook should do more to stop election misinformation
Eileen Brown / ZDNet / Sept. 22, 2020
America’s tech billionaires could help protect the election. If they wanted to.
Charlie Warzel / The New York Times / Sept. 22, 2020
Stop Hate for Profit social media boycott to focus its pressure on Facebook
Sara Fischer / Axios / Sept. 22, 2020
TikTok proposes social media coalition to curb harmful content
Reuters / Sept. 22, 2020
TikTok apologises for censoring LGBT+ content
Umberto Bacchi / Reuters / Sept. 22, 2020
Fact check: Trump quote on guns misattributed to Kamala Harris
Reuters / Sept. 22, 2020
Fact check US: Will mail-in voting result in ‘massive fraud’?
Jérôme Viala-Gaudefroy / The Conversation / Sept. 22, 2020
Asio reveals up to 40% of its counter-terrorism cases involve far-right violent extremism
Paul Karp / The Guardian / Sept. 22, 2020
Conspiracy theorists ordered to pay $875,000 over ‘delusional’ posts targeting Australian MP
Michael McGowan / The Guardian / Sept. 22, 2020
Brazil’s Bolsonaro blames indigenous people for Amazon fires in U.N. speech
Anthony Boadle / Reuters / Sept. 22, 2020
Philippine police, military disown fake Facebook accounts
Reuters / Sept. 22, 2020
Elections During a Pandemic
Crow Wing County See Large Increase in Absentee and Mail-in Ballots
Lakeland News PBS / Sept. 21, 2020
Ducey objects to plan to let some Arizonans in hospitals and nursing homes cast ballots via video call
Rachel Leingang and Andrew Oxford / Arizona Republic / Sept. 22, 2020
Registering to vote online without traditional addresses, plus codes
Emma Gibson / Arizona Public Media / Sept. 22, 2020
Wood County Clerk: Some voting precincts will need to relocate
Brett Dunlap / The Parkersburg News and Sentinel / Sept. 22, 2020
Pennsylvania election officials warn of 2000 Florida redux
Holly Otterbein / POLITICO / Sept. 22, 2020
Court rulings around the country are giving voters more ways to cast ballots. Dems hail the decisions; GOP files appeals
Olivia Rubin / ABC News / Sept. 22, 2020
A state-by-state guide to U.S. early voting
Reuters / Sept. 22, 2020
Tracking absentee votes in the 2020 election
Lazaro Gamio / The New York Times / Sept. 22, 2020
Voters to Trump and Biden camps: Don’t come knocking on our doors
Christopher Cadelago / POLITICO / Sept. 22, 2020
Social media platforms put muscle into National Voter Registration Day
Maggie Miller / The Hill / Sept. 22, 2020
How Gen Z activists are using tech and TikTok to promote voting
Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios / Sept. 22, 2020
COVID-19 makes a difficult voting process for people who are homeless even harder
Meghan McCarty Carino / Marketplace / Sept. 22, 2020
Bloomberg raises millions of dollars to help Florida ex-cons vote
Brendan Farringotn / The Associated Press / Sept. 22, 2020
Bon Iver’s Eaux Claires Festival launches get-out-the-vote initiative in Wisconsin
Jon Blistein / Rolling Stone / Sept. 22, 2020