Daily Articles Related to Election Cybersecurity
USC in the News
“Our candidate is democracy”
Nick Nuccio / USC Viterbi School of Engineering / Nov. 1, 2020
Election Cybersecurity
Joint CISA-FBI Statement: Iranian APT actors obtained voter registration data
FBI National Press Office / FBI / Oct. 31, 2020
How safe is the US election from hacking?
Jennifer Cohn / The New York Review of Books / Oct. 31, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology
How tech is slowly working to make elections more accessible
Abrar Al-Heeti / CNET / Nov. 1, 2020
Why the U.S.’s electoral machinery is more robust than people think
Daniel Larsen / The New York Times / Nov. 1, 2020
Artificial intelligence and covid-19: Can the machines save us?
Ariana Eunjung Cha / The Washington Post / Nov. 1, 2020
TikTok challenges US national security claims, calls ban unlawful
Jodi Xu Klein / South China Morning Post / Oct. 31, 2020
From ‘Fall Guys’ to ‘Among Us,’ how America turned to videogames under lockdown
Sarah E. Needleman / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 31, 2020
AI and automation are creating a hybrid workforce
Bryan Walsh / Axios / Oct. 31, 2020
How does the post-2020 Big Tech future look like?
Puja Das / Analytics Insight / Nov. 1, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology — International
Uber Eats drivers told to take photos of ID for alcohol orders raising privacy concerns
Josh Taylor / The Guardian / Oct. 30, 2020
Huawei develops plan for chip plant to help beat U.S. sanctions
Kathrin Hille et al. / Los Angeles Times / Nov. 1, 2020
Amazon drops French Black Friday ad campaign as lockdown starts
Reuters / Oct. 31, 2020
China’s manufacturers embrace ‘smart shops’ to address rapidly changing, and increasingly pickier, consumer tastes
He Huifeng / South China Morning Post / Oct. 31, 2020
Disinformation / Misinformation
Trump allies, largely unconstrained by Facebook’s rules against repeated falsehoods, cement pre-election dominance
Isaac Stanley-Becker and Elizabeth Dwoskin / The Washington Post / Nov. 1, 2020
U.S. officials warn close vote will fuel Russian disinformation
Alyza Sebenius / Bloomberg / Oct. 31, 2020
White House coronavirus adviser Atlas apologizes for Russian TV interview
Reuters / Nov. 1, 2020
Political groups elude Facebook’s election controls, repost false ads
Jeff Horwitz / The Wall Street Journal / Nov. 1, 2020
Trump falsely says ballots counted after election day are illegitimate
Reuters Video / Reuters / Nov. 1, 2020
Fact check: Video does not show Biden saying ‘Hello Minnesota’ in Florida rally
Reuters / Nov. 1, 2020
Facebook removes San Diego County group that celebrated violence against Black Lives Matter protesters
Andrew Dyer / Los Angeles Times / Oct. 31, 2020
What keeps Facebook’s election security chief up at night?
Charlie Warzel / The New York Times / Oct. 30, 2020
Five days of Facebook fact-checking
Priyanjana Bengani and Ian Karbal / Columbia Journalism Review / Oct. 30, 2020
Elections During a Pandemic
Long lines, other issues plague early voting in New York City, prompting calls of voter suppression
Shayna Jacobs / The Washington Post / Oct. 31, 2020
Three things in play in New York’s elections
Jimmy Vielkind / The Wall Street Journal / Nov. 1, 2020
Many residents still missing their mail-in ballots may have to vote in person
Genesis Obando / NJ Spotlight / Oct. 31, 2020
Pennsylvania’s top election official cautions it could take days for vote count
Scott Calvert / The Wall Street Journal / Nov. 1, 2020
A guide to Pennsylvania’s political hot spots
Holly Otterbein / POLITICO / Oct. 31, 2020
Lawyers prepare for court battles in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin
Deanna Paul / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 31, 2020
USPS investigates undelivered Miami ballots
Matt Dixon / POLITICO / Oct. 31, 2020
Orange County voting center reopened after closing due to a suspicious package
Brittny Mejia / Los Angeles Times / Oct. 31, 2020
Voters waited for hours in Riverside County; glitch has been fixed, officials say
Alex Wigglesworth / Los Angeles Times / Nov. 1, 2020
As election nears, some would-be voters frustrated by citizenship delays
Kate Morrissey / Los Angeles Times / Oct. 31, 2020
Millions of U.S. voters risk missing the historic 2020 election because their English isn’t good enough
Emily Previti / WHYY / Oct. 31, 2020
Key legal battles shape upcoming U.S. presidential election
Jan Wolfe and Makini Brice / Reuters / Nov. 1, 2020
Millions of mail-in ballots at risk in battleground states with looming deadlines
Rob Barry et al. / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 31, 2020
USPS has back-to-back days of delivery delays ahead of election
Zack Budryk / The Hill / Nov. 1, 2020
U.S. coronavirus cases keep rising in grim march to Election Day
Doina Chiacu and Susan Cornwell / Reuters / Nov. 1, 2020
Red mirage, blue mirage: Beware of early U.S. election wins
Chris Kahn and Jason Lange / Reuters / Nov. 1, 2020
When will you know if Biden or Trump wins? Look to these battleground states
Arit John / Los Angeles Times / Nov. 1, 2020
How embattled police plan to guard polling stations on election day
Molly Hennessy-Fiske / Los Angeles Times / Oct. 31, 2020
The country needs poll workers. Young women are stepping up
Barbara Rodrigues / USA Today / Oct. 31, 2020
Why Bush v. Gore still matters in 2020
Ian MacDougall / ProPublica / Nov. 1, 2020
Anxious about Election Day? So is everybody else
James R. Hagerty and Elizabeth Bernstein / The Wall Street Journal / Nov. 1, 2020
Australia’s Labor Party on track to win Queensland vote in COVID-dominated race
Lidia Kelly / Reuters / Oct. 30, 2020