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Election Cybersecurity
Michigan- voting machine missing after Michigan clerk stripped of election power
Jonathan Oosting / Bridge Michigan / Oct. 28, 2021
Colorado- El Paso County ensures secure voting ahead of election
Mallory Anderson / KRDO / Oct. 27, 2021
Tennessee- What we know about the Franklin vote hand count after tabulator software issues
Brinley Hineman / Nashville Tennessean / Oct. 27, 2021
Virginia- Election security top of mind ahead of statewide races in Virginia
Annie Schroeder / WSLS / Oct. 27, 2021
The Biden administration taps a top Republican official to lead election security
Vanessa Romo / NPR / Oct. 26, 2021
Election Cybersecurity: protecting against election cyber attacks
Phil Muncaster / GovTech / Oct. 27, 2021
Cybersecurity / Technology
Biden administration officials outline steps to tackle urgent cyber threats
Maggie Miller / The Hill / Oct. 28, 2021
Secretary of State Blinken announces a new bureau for cyber policy
Michele Kelemen / NPR All Things Considered / Oct. 27, 2021
Lawmakers split on next steps to secure transportation sectors against hackers
Maggie Miller / The Hill / Oct. 27, 2021
Ransomware gang says it targeted National Rifle Association
Alan Suderman / The Associated Press / Oct. 27, 2021
Feds: Hacker illegally streaming games tried to extort MLB
The Associated Press / Oct. 28, 2021
Central Vermont schools may have been hit with ransomware
The Associated Press / Oct. 28, 2021
Massachusetts hospital emails hacked; patient info exposed
The Associated Press / Oct. 28, 2021
Microsoft investing millions in community colleges to strengthen cyber workforce
Maggie Miller / The Hill / Oct. 28, 2021
4 takeaways from the Senate child safety hearing with YouTube, Snapchat and TikTok
Bobby Allyn / NPR / Oct. 26, 2021
In the middle of a crisis, Facebook Inc. renames itself Meta
Barbara Ortutary / The Associated Press / Oct. 28, 2021
Facebook exec pushes back on whistleblower claims
Barbara Ortutary / The Associated Press / Oct. 28, 2021
Extremely online: What’s up with WhatsApp? (Podcast)
Arfie Ghedi and Chris Remington / WAMU / Oct. 28, 2021
Anonymity no more? Age checks come to the web.
David McCabe / The New York Times / Oct. 27, 2021
Florida judge sends Trump suit against Twitter to California
Curt Anderson / The Associated Press / Oct. 27, 2021
Cybersecurity / Technology — International
Iran says cyberattack closes gas stations across country
Jon Gambrell / The Associated Press / Oct. 26, 2021
Alleged Russian hacker extradited from South Korea to stand trial in US
Maggie Miller / The Hill / Oct. 28, 2021
India’s top court probes spying charges against government
Ashok Sharma / The Associated Press / Oct. 27, 2021
Facebook grilled by UK lawmakers making online safety rules
The Associated Press / Oct. 28, 2021
Bolsonaro asks Brazil’s Supreme Court to block possible social media suspension
Caroline Vakil / The Hill / Oct. 27, 2021
A Chinese jet has caught the eye of Boeing and Airbus, but analysts say it’s built on espionage (Podcast)
Scott Tong / WBUR / Oct. 26, 2021
Disinformation / Misinformation
Secretary Adams testifies before Senate committee, says biggest threat to elections is misinformation
North Kentucky Tribune / Oct. 27, 2021
Kentucky’s bipartisan election reforms draw praise from Senate Panel
WUKY / Oct. 27, 2021
Election disinformation has Colorado clerks trying new tactics to assure voters
Bente Birkeland / Colorado Public Radio / Oct. 27, 2021
An army of poll watchers — many driven by GOP’s ‘election integrity’ push — turns out across Virginia
Meagan Flynn and Shawn Boburg / The Washington Post / Oct. 27, 2021
New York- Erie County District Attorney’s office investigating voter intimidation, fraud allegations at polling location
WGRZ / Oct. 27, 2021
How decades of disinformation about fossil fuels halted U.S. climate policy
Jeffrey Pierre and Scott Neuman / NPR All Things Considered / Oct. 27, 2021
Big oil holds ‘fate of the planet in their hands’: A look at the industry’s disinformation campaign (Podcast)
Tonya Mosley / WBUR Here & Now / Oct. 28, 2021
Oil executives testify on industry’s role in climate disinformation
Hiroko Tabuchi and Lisa Friedman / The New York Times / Oct. 28, 2021
Facebook froze as anti-vaccine comments swarmed users
David Klepper and Amanda Seitz / The Associated Press / Oct. 26, 2021
Citing misinfo, North Dakota health agency cuts out comments
James MacPherson / The Associated Press / Oct. 26, 2021
The importance of fixing bad COVID math (Podcast)
Meghna Chakrabarti and Jess Yarmosky / WBUR / Oct. 25, 2021
How a mistake by YouTube shows its power over media
Adam Satariano / The New York Times / Oct. 28, 2021
Billionaires Soros and Hoffman backing new effort to battle disinformation
Jordan Williams / The Hill / Oct. 26, 2021
Facebook, global misinformation, and the suppression of democracy (Podcast)
Paige Osburn / WAMU / Oct. 26, 2021
How China spreads misinformation around the world (Podcast)
Scott Tong and Allison Hagan / WBUR / Oct. 25, 2021
Elections During and After the Pandemic
Pandemic restrictions fuel recall efforts on fall ballots
Heather Hollingsworth / The Associated Press / Oct. 28, 2021
Virginia- One third of Albemarle ballots ‘sitting unscanned in USPS facilities’ according to lawsuit
Allison Wrabel / The Daily Progress / Oct. 27, 2021
How Gerrymandering stifles potential voters and candidates as well as skews policy
Bret Jaspers / NPR Morning Edition / Oct. 27, 2021
Indiana lawmaker quitting after split over GOP redistricting
The Associated Press / Oct. 28, 2021
Michigan redistricting meeting delayed for hours by death threat
Joseph Choi / The Hill / Oct. 28, 2021
Nevada lawmakers prepare to redraw political maps
Sam Metz / The Associated Press / Oct. 28, 2021
Why hasn’t South Carolina redrawn voter maps?
Ailsa Chang / NPR All Things Considered / Oct. 26, 2021
Texas- Voting rights advocates sue Texas again over GOP-drawn maps
Acacia Coronado / The Associated Press / Oct. 27, 2021
Opponents say Wisconsin GOP maps continue gerrymander
Scott Bauer / The Associated Press / Oct. 28, 2021
Election commissioner questions how contractor was chosen to deliver voting machines
Anthony Warren / WLBT / Oct. 27, 2021
Maine- Big drop in absentee ballots this year, but in-person voting hard to predict
Scott Thistle / Portland Press Herald / Oct. 27, 2021
New York- Accessible voting options explained during webinar today
Emyle Watkins / WBFO / Oct. 27, 2021
Wisconsin sheriff seeks investigation of nursing home voting
Scott Bauer / The Associated Press / Oct. 28, 2021
Pennsylvania- County botches Spanish-language ballot instructions
Michael Rubinkam / The Associated Press / Oct. 28, 2021
Pennsylvania- Luzerne County Election Board vows to resolve ballot problems
Jennifer Learn-Andes / Sunday Dispatch / Oct. 27, 2021
Texas- ‘Election burnout’ blamed for low early voter turnout in North Texas
Britney Dixon / KTEN / Oct. 27, 2021
Utah- Record number of cities will use ranked-choice voting in Nov. 2 elections
Sara Swann / Fulcrum / Oct. 27, 2021
Virginia’s governor’s race and what it reveals about America’s political future
Jonathan Chang and Anthony Brooks / WBUR On Point / Oct. 28, 2021
Suburban school board races in Minnesota emerge as partisan battlegrounds
Anthony Lonetree / Star Tribune / Oct. 27, 2021
Montana- Election officials clear up confusion on municipal election
KHQ / Oct. 27, 2021
Wisconsin- ‘We can’t make that more clear’: Outlining what to expect in Senate’s election investigation
A.J. Bayatpour / WKOW / Oct. 26, 2021
Wisconsin- Analysis: Denying ballots to auditors ‘arguably reasonable’
Scott Bauer / The Associated Press / Oct. 27, 2021
Election likely in Portugal after govt defeat in budget vote
Barry Hatton / The Associated Press / Oct. 27, 2021
Japan’s Communists are hardly radical, but make a handy election target
Ben Dooley and Hisako Ueno / The New York Times / Oct. 27, 2021
In Japan, rural voters count more than those in big cities. It shows.
Motoko Rich et al. / The New York Times / Oct. 28, 2021
Edited by Jung-hwa Kang, Compiled by Carina Robles and Jillian Kwong