Daily Articles Related to Election Cybersecurity
USC in the News
North Carolina will be the first state to send out absentee ballots on Sept. 4
Buck Ryan / Chatham News + Record / Aug. 19, 2020
Election Cybersecurity
Election threats, foreign and domestic
Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review / Aug. 19, 2020
The election security drills states need to be doing right now
Kevin Cucuel / StateTech Magazine / Aug. 19, 2020
U.S. Election security chief warns of threats during slow vote-counting
Peter Martin / Bloomberg / Aug. 19, 2020
How to block foreign subversion of U.S. Elections
Cass R. Sunstein / Bloomberg / Aug. 19, 2020
The Trump campaign accepted Russian help to win in 2016. Case closed.
The Editorial Board / The New York Times / Aug. 19, 2020
Ex-FBI lawyer pleads guilty to doctoring email in Russia probe of Trump campaign
Sarah N. Lynch / Reuters / Aug. 19, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology
Massachusetts attorney general creates unit to policy data privacy and security abuses
David Uberti / The Wall Street Journal / Aug. 19, 2020
Twitter details bans, data requests in transparency tool relaunch
Kyle Daly / Axios / Aug. 19, 2020
Most Americans think social media platforms censor political viewpoints
Sara Fischer / Axios / Aug. 19, 2020
TikTok: Can the over-30 crowd safely ignore it?
Allison Duncan / The Wall Street Journal / Aug. 19, 2020
Uber and Lyft threaten California shutdown: Here’s what’s at stake
Preetika Rana / The Wall Street Journal / Aug. 19, 2020
Increasingly online, more universities are being sued by students with disabilities
Betsy Foresman / EdScoop / Aug. 19, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology — International
FBI, DHS expose North Korean government malware used in fake job posting campaign
Shannon Vavra / Cyberscoop / Aug. 19, 2020
Taiwan says China behind cyberattacks on government agencies, emails
Yimou Lee / Reuters / Aug. 18, 2020
Exclusive: Facebook employees internally question policy after India content controversy – sources, memos
Aditya Kalra and Munsif Vengattil / Reuters / Aug. 19, 2020
Google accused of ‘bullying’ Australians with news code letter and yellow warning signs
Amanda Meade / The Guardian / Aug. 19, 2020
Disinformation / Misinformation
Just how big is Facebook’s misinformation problem?
Alexandra S. Levine / POLITICO / Aug. 19, 2020
Facebook says it will crack down on QAnon conspiracy theory but stops short of full ban
Elizabeth Dwoskin and Isaac Stanley-Becker / The Washington Post / Aug. 19, 2020
Facebook sued over fact-check messages on anti-vaccination posts
Charlie Osborne / ZDNet / Aug. 19, 2020
Health misinformation has been viewed nearly 4 billion times on Facebook over past year: study
Chris Mills Rodrigo / The Hill / Aug. 19, 2020
Twitter Says Viral Mailbox Misinformation Does Not Violate Company’s Policies
Tobias Hoonhout / The National Review / Aug. 19, 2020
‘Report it, don’t share it’: Viral trafficking posts flood U.S. hotlines
Christine Murray / Reuters / Aug. 19, 2020
Sketchy darknet websites are taking advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic – buyer beware
David Maimon / The Conversation / Aug. 19, 2020
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez accuses NBC of spreading misinformation after DNC speech
Tom McCarthy / The Guardian / Aug. 19, 2020
Fact check: Photograph shows Kamala Harris with stepchildren
Reuters Fact Check Team / Reuters / Aug. 19, 2020
Fact check: Brock Turner not named as a speaker at the Republican National Convention
Reuters Fact Check Team / Reuters / Aug. 19, 2020
Fact check: Post showing five mail-in ballot applications is not evidence of voter fraud
Reuters Fact Check Team / Reuters / Aug. 19, 2020
Fact check: Photo shows Seattle crowd protesting BLM, not mail-in voting
Reuters Fact Check Team / Reuters / Aug. 19, 2020
Fake news on Covid-19 government initiatives boost phishing in Brazil
Angelica Mari / ZDNet / Aug. 19, 2020
Elections During a Pandemic
How to vote by mail in every state
WSJ Staff / The Wall Street Journal / Aug. 19, 2020
Florida modeled a smooth mail election. Yes, Florida.
Brendan Farrington / The Associated Press / Aug. 19, 2020
Trump campaign sues New Jersey after its decision to mail ballots in November election
Kanishka Singh / Reuters / Aug. 18, 2020
Election officials around the country race to expand voting options as Postal Service crisis spurs alarm
Amy Gardner et al. / The Washington Post / Aug. 19, 2020
With vote by mail under fire, election officials seek help from SaaS ballot tracking
Stephanie Condon / ZDNet / Aug. 19, 2020
House to vote on $25 billion postal infusion, mail-in ballot safeguards
David Shepardson and David Morgan / Reuters / Aug. 19, 2020
Postal Service blocked lawmakers from key evidence on DeJoy’s selection, Schumer says
Tony Romm and Jacob Bogage / The Washington Post / Aug. 19, 2020
Pelosi says postmaster general won’t commit to reversing USPS changes
Marisa Fernandez / Axios / Aug. 19, 2020
Republicans quietly push mail-in voting despite Trump claims
Anita Kumar / POLITICO / Aug. 19, 2020
Are the conventions due for cancellation?
Jack Shafer / POLITICO / Aug. 19, 2020
‘I screamed’: rush to enrol as delayed New Zealand election lets in fresh young cohort
Charlotte Graham-McLay / The Guardian / Aug. 18, 2020