Daily Articles Related to Election Cybersecurity
Election Cybersecurity
Election officials warn of widespread suspicious email campaign
Robert McMillan and Dustin Volz / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 26, 2020
Cyber Daily: Election offices seeking tech volunteers to help secure voting
The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 26, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology
Denver builds data analytics hub for easier COVID-19 analysis
Ryan Johnston / StateScoop / Oct. 26, 2020
Facebook, Twitter and Google’s bumpy road to Election Day
Alexandra S. Levine / POLITICO / Oct. 26, 2020
Former Facebook moderators sound alarm over treatment of workers ahead of US election
Kari Paul / The Guardian / Oct. 26, 2020
Gig companies open the door to campaigning by app
Katy Murphy / POLITICO / Oct. 26, 2020
A look at the two parties’ cyber platforms
Eric Geller / POLITICO / Oct. 26, 2020
Apple-Google search deal faces antitrust spotlight
Ina Fried / Axios / Oct. 26, 2020
The rise of the social bandits: How politics, injustice shapes how we view hacktivism
Charlie Osborne / ZDNet / Oct. 26, 2020
What will remote government work look like over the long term?
Sammy Calhoun / StateTech Magazine / Oct. 26, 2020
How the U.S-China fight for TikTok further fractures the Internet
The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 26, 2020
AI Caucus could help generate support for much-needed legislation
Dave Nyczepir / WorkScoop / Oct. 26, 2020
Pentagon’s initiative for Black cyber students met with cautious optimism
Shannon Vavra / CyberScoop / Oct. 26, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology — International
China launches crackdown on mobile web browsers, decries ‘chaos’ of information
Reuters / Oct. 26, 2020
Tech lobby asks for EU liability cover to tackle hate speech
Natalia Drozdiak / Bloomberg / Oct. 26, 2020
Instagram changes nudity policy after campaign by plus-sized Black model
Rachel Savage / Reuters / Oct. 26, 2020
Data breach at Finnish psychotherapy center takes a darker turn with extortion attempts
Joe Warminsky / Cyberscoop / Oct. 26, 2020
NSW government sets up cyber and privacy resilience group to keep customer data safe
Aimee Chanthadavong / ZDNet / Oct. 26, 2020
How Samsung’s ownership may change as heirs take over from late Chairman Lee
Hyunjoo Jin and Joyce Lee / Reuters / Oct. 26, 2020
SAP’s AI chief leads effort to infuse artificial intelligence across products
John McCormick / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 26, 2020
Disinformation / Misinformation
Veterans have been targets of foreign manipulation. Now they’re fighting it before the election.
Alex Horton / The Washington Post / Oct. 26, 2020
For Latinos, combating disinformation about the election often starts at home
Melissa Gomez and Brittny Mejia / Los Angeles Times / Oct. 26, 2020
Facebook says pre-election political ad ban applies to boosted posts
Sara Fischer / Axios / Oct. 26, 2020
Twitter adds new warnings about misinformation in run up to election
Rachel Lerman / The Washington Post / Oct. 26, 2020
Campaigns rush to submit Facebook ads ahead of limits
Emily Glazer et al. / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 26, 2020
The people trying to get in Biden’s head on holding tech accountable
Ashley Gold / Axios / Oct. 26, 2020
Twitter labels Trump tweet on mail-in ballots “misleading”
Fadel Allassan / Axios / Oct. 26, 2020
Meet the ‘QAnon’ caucus: Conspiracy buffs on path to U.S. Congress
Susan Cornwell / Reuters / Oct. 26, 2020
Survey uncovers widespread belief in ‘dangerous’ Covid conspiracy theories
Jon Henley and Niamh McIntyre / The Guardian / Oct. 26, 2020
Fact check: Bon Jovi did not play in front of just 12 people and 7 pumpkins at a Biden campaign event
Reuters / Oct. 26, 2020
Fact check: Biden did not end in-person campaigning nine days before presidential election
Reuters / Oct. 26, 2020
Fact check: VOA video is not a Biden ad to address the Muslim community
Reuters / Oct. 26, 2020
Fact check: Hillary Clinton, not Joe Biden, used the term super predator in 1990s
Reuters / Oct. 26, 2020
Fact check: Image shows Obama after holding his hand over his heart during the national anthem
Reuters / Oct. 26, 2020
Elections During a Pandemic
‘A disgrace to democracy’: Dozens of ballots destroyed in suspected arson of a Boston drop box
Tim Elfrink / The Washington Post / Oct. 26, 2020
Inside decades of nepotism and bungling at the N.Y.C. Elections Board
Brian M. Rosenthal and Michael Rothfeld / The New York Times / Oct. 26, 2020
New York City’s early voting sites need more staff, machines, mayor says
Katie Honan / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 26, 2020
How Texas went from low voter turnout to nation’s top early voting state
Alexandra Villarreal / The Guardian / Oct. 26, 2020
Guns at voting sites emerge as flash point in Michigan amid nationwide election tension
Mark Berman / The Washington Post / Oct. 26, 2020
Veterans answer call to staff U.S. voting stations amid COVID-19
Elijah Nouvelage / Reuters / Oct. 26, 2020
Printing the franchise
Christopher Payne and Malia Wollan / New York Magazine / Oct. 26, 2020
Police struggle to protect voters and avoid intimidation at polls
Joe Barrett and Zusha Elinson / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 26, 2020
America wakes up to politics: 2020 brings a tsunami of voting and activism
Janet Hook / Los Angeles Times / Oct. 26, 2020
U.S. early voting tops 60 million as historic pace continues
Reuters / Oct. 26, 2020
Harvard Youth Poll: 2020 young voter turnout could approach 2008 totals
Maria Arias / Axios / Oct. 26, 2020
Facebook says it’s helped 4.4M people register to vote this year
Rebecca Klar / The Hill / Oct. 26, 2020
What to do if you change your mind about voting by mail
Susie Armitage / ProPublica / Oct. 26, 2020
Voting by mail? How to track your election ballot
Nico Gendron / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 26, 2020
How delayed is your mail-in ballot?
Vanessa Qian et al. / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 26, 2020
Obstacles to voting: 6 essential reads on the challenges of election 2020
Catesby Holmes / The Conversation / Oct. 26, 2020
Your guide to following the election on social media
Heather Kelly / The Washington Post / Oct. 26, 2020
WHO finalising advice on de-risking elections during pandemic
Reuters / Oct. 26, 2020
Caution and confidence keep Biden close to home in final days
Natasha Korecki and Marc Caputo / POLITICO / Oct. 26, 2020