Daily Articles Related to Election Cybersecurity
USC in the News
The Cybersecurity 202: The Supreme Court could decide the fate of mail voting in two swing states
Joseph Marks / The Washington Post / Oct. 9, 2020
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Cybersecurity / Technology
Computers aboard airliners vulnerable to hacking, watchdog says
Alan Levin / Bloomberg / Oct. 9, 2020
US unveils enforcement framework to combat terrorist, criminal cryptocurrency activities
Charlie Osborne / ZDNet / Oct. 9, 2020
Visa, JPMorgan are already preparing for potential quantum cyberattacks
Sara Castellanos / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 9, 2020
Cellphone carriers lobby against Pentagon plan for national 5G network
Drew FitzGerald / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 9, 2020
‘Fortnite’ will remain out of Apple’s App Store ahead of trial, judge rules
Sarah E. Needleman / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 9, 2020
What’s top of mind for the DNC’s chief technology officer?
Alexandra S. Levine / POLITICO / Oct. 9, 2020
California privacy proposal divides privacy advocates as vote nears
David Uberti / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 9, 2020
How states can avoid potential pitfalls within their IT systems
Brandon Edenfield / StateTech Magazine / Oct. 9, 2020
New York City graduates first class of pandemic ‘Innovation Fellows’
Ryan Johnston / StateScoop / Oct. 9, 2020
Experts urge vigilance over AI data security
James Rundle / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 9, 2020
Universities told to prepare all students for AI-driven future
Betsy Foresman / EdScoop / Oct. 9, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology — International
Chinese app called Tuber provides a still-censored look over Beijing’s ‘Great Firewall’
Jacob Fromer and Owen Churchill / South China Morning Post / Oct. 10, 2020
China not among major central banks in talks on global digital currency principles
Karen Yeung / South China Morning Post / Oct. 9, 2020
China’s Shenzhen giving away millions in sovereign digital yuan to test technology and boost consumption
Cissy Zhou and Masha Borak / South China Morning Post / Oct. 9, 2020
Inside China Tech: Beijing to sharpen country’s R&D focus
Bien Perez / South China Morning Post / Oct. 10, 2020
Pakistan, a close ally of China, blocks TikTok
Saeed Shah and Georgia Wells / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 9, 2020
Social media must clean up their algorithms – for the sake of our kids – and of our health
Jeremy Wright and Baroness Kidron / The Telegraph / Oct. 9, 2020
Disinformation / Misinformation
Domestic online meddling threatens 2020 election
Sara Fischer and Ashley Gold / Axios / Oct. 9, 2020
American-made disinformation strains social media’s safeguards
Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg / Oct. 9, 2020
Twitter slows down retweets ahead of U.S. election
Georgia Wells / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 9, 2020
Twitter will turn off some features to fight election misinformation
Kate Conger / The New York Times / Oct. 9, 2020
Is it too late for Silicon Valley to avert election chaos?
Evan Halper / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 9, 2020
How not to cover voter fraud disinformation
Yochai Benkler / Nieman Reports / Oct. 7, 2020
Peloton is figuring out how to moderate extremist content
Ina Fried / Axios / Oct. 9, 2020
Michigan terror plot: why rightwing extremists are thriving on Facebook
Lois Beckett / The Guardian / Oct. 10, 2020
Google and Facebook have a news labeling problem
Emily Bell and Sara Sheridan / Columbia Journalism Review / Oct. 9, 2020
In a battle of AI versus AI, researchers are preparing for the coming wave of deepfake propaganda
John Sohrawardi and Matthew Wright / The Conversation / Oct. 9, 2020
Thai army denies Twitter disinformation campaign after takedowns
Patpicha Tanakasempipat / Reuters / Oct. 9, 2020
Facebook’s alleged indifference of Indian hate speech linked to policy chief’s political bias
Rajiv Rao / ZDNet / Oct. 9, 2020
Elections During a Pandemic
Ohio County says nearly 50,000 voters received wrong ballots
Andrew Welsh-Huggins / The Associated Press / Oct. 9, 2020
Judge won’t let Florida extend voter registration deadline
Celine Castronuovo / The Hill / Oct. 9, 2020
Boston Police cancel time off around election, citing public safety concerns
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill / Oct. 9, 2020
States grapple with open-carry gun laws and the polls
Kristen Holmes et al. / CNN / Oct. 9, 2020
Former Special Forces sought by private security company to guard polling sites in Minnesota, company says
Joshua Partlow / The Washington Post / Oct. 9, 2020
Meet the Americans ‘standing by’ for possible election violence
Andrew Hay and Katie Paul / Reuters / Oct. 9, 2020
Voting Advocates Call on Officials to Do More to Stop Voter Intimidation and Election Violence
Steven Rosenfeld / Moyers on Democracy / Oct. 8, 2020
USPS performance dips again as millions prepare to mail 2020 ballots
Jacob Bogage / The Washington Post / Oct. 9, 2020
Trump to resume campaigning; second debate canceled
Jeff Mason and Steve Holland / Reuters / Oct. 9, 2020
South Carolina Senate debate scrapped after virus testing fight
James Arkin / POLITICO / Oct. 9, 2020
Nursing home residents want to vote, but amid a pandemic, it is harder than ever
Rachel Bluth / Los Angeles Times / Oct. 9, 2020
‘Mail voting doesn’t work for Navajo Nation’: Native Americans face steep election hurdles
Isaiah Murtaugh / The Guardian / Oct. 9, 2020
Facebook and Instagram will pin vote-by-mail explainers to top of feeds
Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch / Oct. 9, 2020