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Election Cybersecurity
Lt. Gov. Meyer defends handling of Alaska’s last election, as he and governor weigh the next one
Andrew Kitchenman / Alaska Public Media / Dec. 8, 2021
A Utah group is going door to door looking for election fraud. But they don’t want you to know about it
Bryan Schott / The Salt Lake Tribune / Dec. 6, 2021
UVA, State Department of Elections join forces to boost cybersecurity
Audra Book / University of Virginia / Dec. 8, 2021
Cybersecurity / Technology
Google disrupted a massive botnet that hackers used to steal information and mine cryptocurrency
Gerrit De Vynck / The Washington Post / Dec. 7, 2021
Tech companies join the fight to take down hacking groups
Joseph Marks / The Washington Post / Dec. 7, 2021
Congress can’t even pass the easy cyber stuff
Joseph Marks / The Washington Post / Dec. 8, 2021
Crypto moguls prepare for Capitol Hill
Andrew Ross Sorkin et al. / The New York Times / Dec. 8, 2021
Your face is, or will be, your boarding pass
Elaine Glusac / The New York Times / Dec. 7, 2021
Senators unveil social media data-sharing bill
Maggie Miller et al. / The Hill / Dec. 9, 2021
Oriole Park to test artificial intelligence security product
The Associated Press / Dec. 8, 2021
US to tighten restrictions on exports of malicious cyber tools
Laura Kelly / The Hill / Dec. 9, 2021
Group: Pandemic tech tools raise risk of everyday tracking
Kelvin Chan / The Associated Press / Dec. 8, 2021
Explainer: What caused Amazon’s outage? Will there be more?
Matt O’Brien and Frank Bajak / The Associated Press / Dec. 8, 2021
Instagram head faces senators amid anger over possible harms
Marcy Gordon and Barbara Ortutay / The Associated Press / Dec. 8, 2021
Instagram launches tool urging teens to take a break
The Associated Press / Dec. 7, 2021
Group backed by top companies moves to combat A.I. bias in hiring
Steve Lohr / The New York Times / Dec. 8, 2021
How tech is helping poor people get government aid
Jason DeParle / The New York Times / Dec. 8, 2021
How to use your phone’s privacy-protection tools
J. D. Biersdorfer / The New York Times / Dec. 8, 2021
Facebook says its new AI can identify more problems faster
Tom Simonite / WIRED / Dec. 8, 2021
Lawmakers urge the head of Instagram to better protect children
Cecilia Kang / The New York Times / Dec. 8, 2021
Senators unveil bipartisan bill requiring social media giants to open data to researchers
Rebecca Klar / The Hill / Dec. 9, 2021
A year after the SolarWinds hack, supply chain threats still loom
Lily Hay Newman / WIRED / Dec. 8, 2021
Senators turn up the heat on Amazon, data brokers during hearing
Rebecca Klar / The Hill / Dec. 7, 2021
Hackers using omicron, COVID-19 phishing emails to target universities
Maggie Miller / The Hill / Dec. 7, 2021
Cybersecurity / Technology — International
Saudi activist sues 3 former U.S. officials over hacking
Alan Suderman / The Associated Press / Dec. 8, 2021
Report: Chinese hackers targeted Southeast Asian nations
David Rising / The Associated Press / Dec. 8, 2021
Google files lawsuit against Russian hackers as part of disrupting botnet
Maggie Miller / The Hill / Dec. 7, 2021
An ‘Alt-Jihad’ Is rising on social media
Moustafa Ayad / WIRED / Dec. 8, 2021
Facebook broadens ban on military-linked Myanmar companies
Grant Peck / The Associated Press / Dec. 8, 2021
Amazon is fined $1.3 billion in Italy over antitrust violations
Adam Satariano / The New York Times / Dec. 9, 2021
EU plan to boost gig economy workers is latest blow to apps
Kelvin Chan / The Associated Press / Dec. 8, 2021
Disinformation / Misinformation
Utah Lt. Gov. calls election integrity claims ‘destructive’
Lindsay Whitehurst / The Associated Press / Dec. 8, 2021
Vos says Biden president, won’t disavow conspiracy theories
The Associated Press / Dec. 8, 2021
Reporter who tweeted vaccine conspiracy theory out at Newsmax
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill / Dec. 7, 2021
Tenn medical board takes virus misinformation policy offline
Jonathan Mattise / The Associated Press / Dec. 8, 2021
Elections During and After the Pandemic
Jump in counties required to provide language help to voters
Mike Schneider / The Associated Press / Dec. 8, 2021
Biden to focus on elections, media as democracy summit wraps
Aamer Madhani and Colleen Long / The Associated Press / Dec. 9, 2021
Hispanic voters evenly split between Democrats, GOP: WSJ poll
Rafael Bernal / The Hill / Dec. 8, 2021
How redistricting is killing competition for House seats
Nicholas Riccardi / The Associated Press / Dec. 8, 2021
Arizona- Ninth Circuit reinstates Election Day deadline to correct unsigned ballots in Arizona
Amanda Pampuro / Courthouse News Service / Dec. 8, 2021
California- Redistricting makes California a top House battlefield for 2022
Jonathan Weisman / The New York Times / Dec. 7, 2021
Colorado- Colorado’s top elections official seeks security protection
The Associated Press / Dec. 8, 2021
Georgia- Right vs. Right vs. Left: Governor’s race puts Georgia at center of 2022 drama
Richard Fausset and Jonathan Martin / The New York Times / Dec. 6, 2021
Georgia- Judge clears way for legal challenge to Georgia’s restrictive voting law
John Kruzel / The Hill / Dec. 9, 2021
Indiana- Q&A: New Bloomington Election Commission director preps for four elections in less than a year
Eric Stock / WGLT / Dec. 8, 2021
Indiana- Voter center plan moves forward
Kevin Green / Greensburg Daily News / Dec. 8, 2021
Louisiana is the last state without paper vote backup
Joseph Marks / The Washington Post / Dec. 9, 2021
Massachusetts- Pushing for equity and election reform, Massachusetts activists urge lawmakers to approve same-day voter registration
Alison Kuznitz / Mass Live / Dec. 8, 2021
Massachusetts- Voting reforms set to lapse unless extended while House considers broader bill
Matt Murphy / Wicked Local / Dec. 9, 2021
Michigan- Newspapers sue redistricting panel over closed meeting
David Eggert / The Associated Press / Dec. 8, 2021
New York- New York City Gives 800,000 noncitizens right to vote in local elections
Jeffery C. Mays and Annie Correal / The New York Times / Dec. 9, 2021
New York- ‘He can help’; Former South Shore councilman hopes to improve NYC Board of Elections
Paul Liotta / Staten Island Advance / Dec. 8, 2021
North Carolina- North Carolina Supreme Court delays 2022 primary elections
Michael Wines / The New York Times / Dec. 8, 2021
Pennsylvania- Republicans say voter ID will increase voters’ trust in elections; researchers say otherwise
Stephen Caruso / Pennsylvania Capital-Star / Dec. 8, 2021
South Carolina- State House, Senate districts OK’d in South Carolina
The Associated Press / Dec. 7, 2021
Tennessee- Judge upholds Tennessee law with heavy penalties for sharing absentee ballot request forms
Mariah Timms / Nashville Tennessean / Dec. 8, 2021
Texas- Dallas County election ballots are changing. Now, they’ll be in Vietnamese, too.
Christopher Connelly / KERA / Dec. 8, 2021
Utah- Lawmakers approve audit of Utah’s election system
Sonja Hutson / NPR Utah / Dec. 8, 2021
Utah- Proposed ballot initiative would return Utah to in-person paper balloting on Election Day
Bryan Schott / The Salt Lake Tribune / Dec. 7, 2021
Wisconsin- Commission rejects claim that grants to cities were illegal
The Associated Press / Dec. 8, 2021
Elections During and After the Pandemic – International
Chile legalizes same-sex marriage as major election draws near
Maureen Breslin / The Hill / Dec. 7, 2021
Macron unveils EU agenda before French presidential race
Sylvie Corbet / The Associated Press / Dec. 8, 2021
Paris mayor calls for leftists to unite behind one candidate in presidential election
Olafimihan Oshin / The Hill / Dec. 8, 2021
Vote shock in Chávez homeland underscores Venezuela’s divide
Regina Garcia Cano / The Associated Press / Dec. 8, 2021
Edited by Jung-hwa Kang, Compiled by Carina Robles and Jillian Kwong