Daily Articles Related to Election Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity / Technology
The Cybersecurity 202: Biden’s DHS pick adds cybersecurity chops to the incoming administration
Joseph Marks / The Washington Post / Nov. 24, 2020
Federal authorities warn of increased cyber targeting during upcoming holiday season
Maggie Miller / The Hill / Nov. 24, 2020
FCC denies ZTE request to reverse national security threat designation
Maggie Miller / The Hill / Nov. 24, 2020
Members of Congress finding agreement on a tech antitrust agenda
Ashley Gold / Axios / Nov. 24, 2020
Where the youngest new faces coming to Congress stand on tech
Alexandra S. Levine / POLITICO / Nov. 24, 2020
Baidu apps in Google Play Store left users vulnerable to tracking, Palo Alto finds
Shannon Vavra / CyberScoop / Nov. 24, 2020
Social media companies all starting to look the same
Sara Fischer / Axios / Nov. 24, 2020
Twitter plans to relaunch verification program next year
Elizabeth Culliford / Reuters / Nov. 24, 2020
The Technology 202: Snap’s response to TikTok could create familiar political headaches
Cat Zakrzewski / The Washington Post / Nov. 24, 2020
Carnegie Mellon using Facebook to collect COVID-19 data
Betsy Foresman / EdScoop / Nov. 24, 2020
Perspective: Shop safe. The scammers are coming for you.
Michelle Singletary / The Washington Post / Nov. 23, 2020
Meet GPT-3. It has learned to code (and blog and argue).
Cade Metz / The New York Times / Nov. 24, 2020
Banks see billion-dollar cyber costs soaring even higher in 2021
Yalman Onaran / Bloomberg / Nov. 24, 2020
Apple’s new Mac chip turns heads and promises bigger changes
Ina Fried / Axios / Nov. 24, 2020
Rules for Zoom Thanksgiving: How to handle family (and touch football) at a virtual holiday
Jasonn Gay / The Wall Street Journal / Nov. 24, 2020
Kindergartners struggle to learn online. But this mother-daughter duo keeps them glued
Sonja Sharp / Los Angeles Times / Nov. 24, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology — International
How countries can protect their Covid-19 vaccines from cybercriminals
Puja Das / Analytics Insight / Nov. 24, 2020
Britain warns tech firms over risks of China expansion
Reuters / Nov. 24, 2020
China pledges collaboration to drive global digital development
Eileen Yu / ZDNet / Nov. 24, 2020
State-sponsored hackers try to exploit flaw in popular mobile software, UK warns
Sean Lyngaas / CyberScoop / Nov. 24, 2020
China’s state-run World Internet Conference sees ‘quietest’ year ever amid coronavirus pandemic
Yujie Xue and Minghe Hu / South China Morning Post / Nov. 24, 2020
U.S.-based Chinese activists targeted by Guo Wengui supporters
Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian and Shawna Chen / Axios / Nov. 24, 2020
Facial recognition is adept at spotting rare genetic disorders
Vivek Kumar / Analytics Insight / Nov. 24, 2020
Xiaomi posts 34 per cent rise in revenue on back of overseas growth as Huawei leaves a gap
Che Pan / South China Morning Post / Nov. 24, 2020
Lift-off for China’s Chang’e 5: the first chance since 1976 to bring lunar samples back to Earth
Stephen Chen / South China Morning Post / Nov. 24, 2020
Disinformation / Misinformation
U.S. senators urge Facebook, Twitter for tighter checks before Georgia runoff election
Reuters / Nov. 24, 2020
What Facebook fed the baby boomers
Charlie Warzel / The New York Times / Nov. 24, 2020
YouTube suspends One America News, a Trump favorite, for peddling pandemic misinformation
Craig Timberg / The Washington Post / Nov. 24, 2020
Fact check: Headline misrepresents Buttigieg’s remarks on the Bible and abortion
Reuters / Nov. 24, 2020
Fact check: Data showing ballots mailed to voters and received by the state the same day is not proof of voter fraud
Reuters / Nov. 24, 2020
Misinformation Monitor: November 2020
Gabby Deutch and Chine Labbe / NewsGuard / Nov. 2020
Coronavirus vaccines: health experts identify ways to build public trust
Ann Christiano and Jack J. Barry / The Conversation / Nov. 24, 2020
The snake-oil salesmen of the Senate
Ashish Jha / The New York Times / Nov. 24, 2020
The Solomon Islands is banning Facebook to preserve “national unity”
Gavin Butler / VICE Media / Nov. 23, 2020
Elections During a Pandemic
Georgia’s Senate runoff: How will the election work, and who is running?
Valerie Bauerlein / The Wall Street Journal / Nov. 24, 2020
Pennsylvania finalizes U.S. election results for Biden – governor
Reuters / Nov. 24, 2020
Pennsylvania, Nevada certify Biden wins as battlegrounds make 2020 results official
Zach Montellaro / POLITICO / Nov. 24, 2020
Biden transition moves quickly after Trump agrees to share resources
Andrew Restuccia and Sabrina Siddiqui / The Wall Street Journal / Nov. 24, 2020
A hard look at those post-election legal efforts
Jim Geraghty / The National Review / Nov. 24, 2020
What I saw as a 2020 census worker
Adam Chandler / The Atlantic / Nov. 24, 2020
How government officials delivered a disaster-free election
Carl Smith / Governing / Nov. 25, 2020