Daily Articles Related to Election Cybersecurity
USC in the News
Election Security with Adam Clayton Powell III
Annie Aleman / American Security Project / Sept. 2, 2020
Election Cybersecurity
Schiff asks intel officials to brief House panel on election security threats
Maggie Miller / The Hill / Sept. 4, 2020
FBI, spy agencies will not say if attending U.S. House election security briefing
Mark Hosenball / Reuters / Sept. 4, 2020
Trump security adviser says China has biggest election-interference program
Jeff Mason and Daphne Psaledakis / Reuters / Sept. 4, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology
Trump’s White House pushes measure to harden satellites against cyber threats
Christian Davenport / The Washington Post / Sept. 4, 2020
Hackers acting in ‘Good Faith’ gain protections in homeland security order
James Rundle / The Wall Street Journal / Sept. 4, 2020
Face it, Facebook is the picture of politics
Laura Forman / The Wall Street Journal / Sept. 4, 2020
The Pandemic Is No Excuse to Surveil Students
Zeynep Tufekci / The Atlantic / Sept. 4, 2020
Alabama State installs infrared cameras to check students’ vital signs
Betsy Foresman / EdScoop / Sept. 4, 2020
Faulty facial recognition led to his arrest — now he’s suing
Natalie O’Neill / VICE Media / Sept. 4, 2020
Antitrust fight against Google hits partisan headwinds
Leah Nylen / Reuters / Sept. 4, 2020
Apple commits to freedom of information and expression in human rights policy
Aakriti Bhalla and Edwina Gibbs / Reuters / Sept. 4, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology — International
U.S. blacklists four individuals, alleging Venezuela election interference
Daphne Psaledakis and Humeyra Pamuk / Reuters / Sept. 4, 2020
U.S. rural telecom networks need $1.8 billion to remove Huawei ZTE equipment: FCC
David Shepardson / Reuters / Sept. 4, 2020
Huawei has had to make constant tweaks to products to cope with US bans, founder Ren Zhengfei says
Che Pan / South China Morning Post / Sept. 4, 2020
Why both Huawei and BTS share the cyber stage with powerful nations
Stilgherrian / ZDnet / Sept. 4, 2020
Special report: Australia faces down China in high-stakes strategy
Kirsty Needham / Reuters / Sept. 4, 2020
Why Google and Facebook are being asked to pay for the news they use – explainer
Guardian Staff / The Guardian / Sept. 4, 2020
Disinformation / Misinformation
Racial tensions roiling US pose target for election meddling
Mary Clare Jalonick / The Associated Press / Sept. 5, 2020
U.S. sees Russia spreading disinformation about mail-in voting
Alyza Sebenius / Bloomberg / Sept. 4, 2020
Tech’s ever-growing deepfake problem
Ashley Gold / Axios / Sept. 4, 2020
The QAnon problem facing local journalism this election season
Elahe Izadi / The Washington Post / Sept. 4, 2020
Facebook election plan patches some holes, creates others
Katie Paul and Elizabeth Culliford / Reuters / Sept. 4, 2020
Misinformation Monitor: August 2020
Gabby Deutch / NewsGuard / Aug. 2020
Washington firm ran fake Facebook accounts in Venezuela, Bolivia and Mexico, report finds
Craig Timberg and Elizabeth Dwoskin / The Washington Post / Sept. 4, 2020
Online bans fail to silence US extremists drawn to protests
Michael Kunzelman / The Associated Press / Sept. 4, 2020
Fact check: Joe Biden has condemned violent protests in the last three months
Reuters Fact Check Team / Reuters / Sept. 4, 2020
Fact check: California bill does not legalize pedophilia
Reuters Fact Check Team / Reuters / Sept. 4, 2020
Fact check: Rhino horns and elephant tusks are not being dyed bright pink to deter poaching
Reuters Fact Check Team / Reuters / Sept. 4, 2020
Elections During a Pandemic
North Carolina kicks off mail voting as requests spike
Bryan Anderson and Nicholas Riccardi / The Associated Press / Sept. 4, 2020
Iowa sending absentee ballot applications to all active registered voters
J. Edward Moreno / The Hill / Sept. 4, 2020
Election officials face a ballot-counting time crunch — but Congress can fix it
Kimberly Wehle / POLITICO / Sept. 4, 2020
Fixing America’s aging election technology
Josh Robin / Spectrum News 1 / Sept. 4, 2020
Facebook’s Political Ad Ban Also Threatens Ability to Spread Accurate Information on How to Vote
Jeremy B. Merrill / ProPublica / Sept. 4, 2020
Voting begins and ad wars escalate as 2020 election enters home stretch
John McCormick and Chad Day / The Wall Street Journal / Sept. 4, 2020
[Video] What’s the worst that could happen in the 2020 Election
Bloomberg Business / Bloomberg / Sept. 4, 2020