Daily Articles Related to Election Cybersecurity
Election Cybersecurity
As voters cast their ballots, courts nationwide issue election security edicts
Tim Starks / CyberScoop / Oct. 13, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology
Cyber Daily: Hackers eye everyday objects as life moves further online; Carnival confirms data exposure
The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 13, 2020
Clarence Thomas Suggests Section 230 Immunities Applied Too Broadly to Tech Companies
Zachary Evans / The National Review / Oct. 13, 2020
Washington state seeks $100,000 from Twitter for campaign finance violations
Reuters / Oct. 13, 2020
Facebook, US Ignite want communities to crowdsource AR, VR tools
Ryan Johnston / StateScoop / Oct. 13, 2020
Uber, Lyft have a lot riding on Election Day
Laura Forman / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 13, 2020
NASCIO 2020: State CIOs respond to pandemic with innovations
Mickey McCarter / StateTech Magazine / Oct. 13, 2020
Apple’s events aren’t what they used to be
Ina Fried / Axios / Oct. 13, 2020
Disruption continues as universities announce spring semester changes
Betsy Foresman / EdScoop / Oct. 13, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology — International
Norway says Russian hackers carried out breach at parliament
Sean Lyngaas / CyberScoop / Oct. 13, 2020
Tencent powers up with a game-streaming super platform
Jacky Wong / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 13, 2020
Global PC shipments see double-digit growth in third quarter as Covid-19 keep workers, students at home
Jane Zhang / South China Morning Post / Oct. 13, 2020
Disinformation / Misinformation
Fake news hub from 2016 Election thriving again, report finds
Jordan Robertnson / Bloomberg / Oct. 13, 2020
Fake Twitter accounts posing as Black Trump supporters appear, reach thousands, then vanish
Craig Timberg and Isaac Stanley-Becker / The Washington Post / Oct. 13, 2020
Riled up: misinformation stokes calls for violence on Election Day
Davey Alba / The New York Times / Oct. 13, 2020
Report: social media influencers push voting misinformation
Amanda Seitz / The Associated Press / Oct. 13, 2020
Engagement with untrustworthy Facebook content doubles since 2016
Ashley Gold / Axios / Oct. 13, 2020
Facebook to ban ads discouraging vaccines
Sarah E. Needleman / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 13, 2020
Facebook greatest source of Covid-19 disinformation, journalists say
Amanda Meade / The Guardian / Oct. 13, 2020
Poor numerical literacy linked to greater susceptibility to Covid-19 fake news
Natalie Grover / The Guardian / Oct. 13, 2020
The problem of free speech in an age of disinformation
Emily Bazelon / The New York Times / Oct. 13, 2020
Why isn’t Amazon cracking down on QAnon merch?
EJ Dickson / Rolling Stone / Oct. 13, 2020
Fact check: Joe Biden did not kneel during the National Anthem in Miami
Reuters / Oct. 13, 2020
Fact check: Kamala Harris and Willie Brown had a relationship over a decade after he separated from wife
Reuters / Oct. 13, 2020
Anti-migrant sentiment fanned on Facebook in Malaysia
Rozanna Latiff and A. Ananthalakshmi / Reuters / Oct. 13, 2020
Elections During a Pandemic
GOP pushes back against California cease-and-desist order against unofficial ballot boxes
Stephanie Lai and Sarah Parvini / Los Angeles Times / Oct. 13, 2020
Appeals panel upholds Abbott’s order for just one ballot box per Texas county
Amy Gardner / The Washington Post / Oct. 13, 2020
Despite virus fears, Texas sends most voters to the polls
Acacia Coronado / The Associated Press / Oct. 13, 2020
Virginia blames voter registration outage on fiber cut
Benjamin Freed / StateScoop / Oct. 13, 2020
Groups file lawsuit after Virginia state websites shut down for hours on last day of voter registration
Antonio Olivo / The Washington Post / Oct. 13, 2020
Georgia voters set record on first day of early voting
Alexa Corse and Cameron McWhirter / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 13, 2020
Wisconsin absentee ballot case may be headed to the U.S. Supreme Court
Associated Press / Los Angeles Times / Oct. 13, 2020
Eight-Hour Waits. Machine Glitches. Why Early Voting in Some States Has Had a Rough Start.
Reid J. Epstein et al. / The New York Times / Oct. 13, 2020
How quickly will your absentee vote be counted? A state-by-state timeline
Nick Corasaniti and Denise Lu / The New York Times / Oct. 13, 2020
Exclusive: The Washington Post won’t predict the election outcome
Sara Fischer / Axios / Oct. 13, 2020
Vote safely: How to find a trustworthy election ballot drop-off location
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols / ZDNet / Oct. 13, 2020
Record early U.S. turnout with three weeks to go: Georgians, Texans line up to vote
Brad Brooks and John Whitesides / Reuters / Oct. 13, 2020
Mail balloting is fueling historic early voting in the 2020 election
Danny Dougherty and Chad Day / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 13, 2020
Signature errors could disenfranchise a record number of voters in the election
Arit John / Los Angeles Times / Oct. 13, 2020
What’s the best way to get out the vote in a pandemic?
Lisa García Bedolla / The Conversation / Oct. 13, 2020
Mark Zuckerberg, Priscilla Cha donate $100 million more to U.S. election infrastructure
Elizabeth Culliford / Reuters / Oct. 13, 2020
Michelle Obama and LeBron James partner to bring early voters to the U.S. polls
Trevor Hunnicutt / Reuters / Oct. 13, 2020
Mail voting done better
The Editorial Board / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 13, 2020