Daily Articles Related to Election Cybersecurity
USC in the News
Campus Voices–Adam Clayton Powell III
Rick Alloway / KRNU Campus Voices / June 28, 2020
Election Cybersecurity
Could Obama have stopped Putin’s election interference? A new book argues he didn’t think he needed to.
Carlos Lozada / The Washington Post / June 25, 2020
The Observer view on the need to know the extent of the Russian threat to Britain
Observer editorial / The Guardian / June 28, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology
California university paid $1.14 after ransomware attack
Kartikay Mehrotra/ Bloomberg / June 26, 2020
Starbucks becomes latest company to pause advertising on all social media platforms
Justin Wise / The Hill / June 28, 2020
U.S. presses Europe to uproot Chinese security-screening company
Kate O’Keeffe et al. / The Wall Street Journal / June 28, 2020
Google will start paying publishers to license content
Sara Fischer / Axios / June 25, 2020
Social media helps reveal people’s racist views – so why don’t tech firms do more to stop hate speech?
Imran Awan / The Conversation / June 25, 2020
John Bolton book reveals ‘Xi Jinping’s personal appeals to Donald Trump’ on Huawei and ZTE
Sarah Zheng / South China Morning Post / June 28, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology — International
Britons are being put at risk of cyber crime by ‘outdated’ computer laws that thwart investigators
Charles Hyman / The Telegraph / June 28, 2020
The Latest: Maersk’s terminals still crippled in cyberattack
The Associated Press/ June 28, 2020
Exclusive: Facebook ad boycott campaign to go global, organizers say
Sheila Dang / Reuters / June 28, 2020
Egypt court jails belly dancer for ‘debauchery’ in social media crackdown
Menna A. Farouk / Reuters / June 27, 2020
Disinformation / Misinformation
Domestic disinformation, foreign focus on George Floyd’s death create a tinderbox for unrest
Stephen Montemayor / Startribune / June 27, 2020
“Pizzagate” conspiracy theory thrives anew in the TikTok Era
Cecilia Kang and Sheera Frenkel / The New York Times / June 28, 2020
Facebook removes videos targeting public health officials
Kevin Baxter / Los Angeles Times / June 27, 2020
The rise of disinformation during coronavirus – Australian politics live podcast
Katharine Murphy et al. / The Guardian / June 27, 2020
Peers call for tougher regulation of digital and social media in UK
Peter Walker / The Guardian / June 28, 2020
The UK social media platform where neo-Nazis can view terror atrocities
Jamie Doward Mark Townsend / The Guardian / June 28, 2020
Top Brazil newspaper in pro-democracy drive as unease grows about Bolsonaro
Tom Phillips / The Guardian / June 28, 2020
Elections During a Pandemic
From 47 Primaries, 4 Warning Signs About the 2020 Vote
Michael Wines / The New York Times / June 27, 2020
Cable news networks to team up on convention coverage, limiting staff exposure
Benjamin Mullin / The Wall Street Journal / June 28, 2020
Pence postpones Florida, Arizona campaign events as coronavirus cases spike
Evan Semones / POLITICO / June 27, 2020
Malawians elected a new president in Tuesday’s historic election
Kim Yi Dionne / The Washington Post / June 28, 2020
Local elections deliver blow to France’s Macron
Noemie Bisserbe and Stacy Meichtry / The Wall Street Journal / June 28, 2020
Poland’s president wins first round of election
Drew Hinshaw and Natalia Ojewska / The Wall Street Journal / June 28, 2020
Masked and distanced, Spanish PM Sanchez hits the campaign trail
Graham Keeley / Reuters / June 28, 2020
‘It looks like a gameshow’: Russia’s pseudo-vote on Putin’s term limits
Andrew Roth / The Guardian / June 26, 2020