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Election Cybersecurity
The Cybersecurity 202: Fears grow about White House interference at CISA after Krebs’s ouster
Joseph Marks and Tonya Riley / The Washington Post / Nov. 19, 2020
Trump’s firing of top election security official unsettles lawmakers
Courtney Norris / PBS NewsHour / Nov. 19, 2020
Dominion employees latest to face threats, harassment in wake of Trump conspiracy
Olivia Rubin et al. / ABC News / Nov. 19, 2020
Opinion: Hackers love a bad transition
Adam Levin / The Hill / Nov. 19, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology
State, federal antitrust lawsuits likely to challenge Facebook for buying rivals and weaponizing data
Tony Romm / The Washington Post / Nov. 19, 2020
BuzzFeed agrees to buy HuffPost in latest online media merger
Dominic Rushe / The Guardian / Nov. 19, 2020
Why it’s easy to hate Facebook but hard to leave
Heather Kelly / The Washington Post / Nov. 19, 2020
The Technology 202: Facebook content moderators want safer pandemic work conditions and hazard pay
Cat Zakrzewski and Tonya Riley / The Washington Post / Nov. 19, 2020
Americans got tired of looking bad on Zoom
Amanda Mull / The Atlantic / Nov. 19, 2020
People skills a plus for tech job seekers
Angus Loten / The Wall Street Journal / Nov. 19, 2020
San Diego telemarketer fined nearly $10 million for fraudulent Caller ID numbers
Mike Freeman / Los Angeles Times / Nov. 19, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology — International
Russia draft law would allow blocking of Youtube, Facebook
Ilya Khrennikov / Bloomberg / Nov. 19, 2020
UK unveils National Cyber Force of hackers to target foes digitally
Dan Sabbagh / The Guardian / Nov. 19, 2020
Lawmakers criticise choice of UK cyber security HQ
Reuters / Nov. 19, 2020
Planning for Australia’s 2021 census only ‘partly effective’ following 2016 debacle
Katharine Murphy / The Guardian / Nov. 19, 2020
Cyber, data, identity: Canberra’s approach to delivering an ‘integrated urban plan’
Asha Barbaschow / ZDNet / Nov. 19, 2020
Disinformation / Misinformation
Half of Republicans say Biden won because of a ‘rigged’ election: Reuters/Ipsos poll
Chris Kahn / Reuters / Nov. 18, 2020
Facebook says it labeled 180 million debunked posts ahead of the election
Rachel Lerman and Heather Kelly / The Washington Post / Nov. 19, 2020
Facebook removed 265,000 pieces of content on voter interference
Sara Fischer / Axios / Nov. 19, 2020
Tech firms fall short on misinformation targeting Latino voters, advocates say
Rebecca Klar / The Hill / Nov. 19, 2020
How Sidney Powell inaccurately cited Venezuela’s election as evidence of U.S. fraud.
Linda Qiu / The New York Times / Nov. 19, 2020
Facebook says very few people actually see hate speech on its platform
Sara Fischer / Axios / Nov. 19, 2020
Fact check: Biden campaign staffer not arrested for voter fraud; allegations lack evidence and petition was denied
Reuters / Nov. 19, 2020
Fact check: How many people attended the Nov. 14 ‘Million MAGA March’ in Washington, D.C.?
Reuters / Nov. 19, 2020
Fact check: Pictures show NBA parade in Cleveland in 2016, not recent MAGA march in Washington, D.C.
Reuters / Nov. 19, 2020
Fact check: New York Governor does have the authority to implement coronavirus restrictions
Reuters / Nov. 19, 2020
Fact check: Joe Biden ‘arrest warrant’ carries no legal weight
Reuters / Nov. 19, 2020
Fact check: Listed vaccine ingredients do not include weed killer
Reuters / Nov. 19, 2020
Facebook labeled 167 million user posts for Covid misinformation
Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg / Nov. 19, 2020
Twitter faces renewed heat in India over inaction against anti-court posts
Nigam Prusty and Sankalp Phartiyal / Reuters / Nov. 19, 2020
Elections During a Pandemic
Georgia hand tally of votes is complete, affirms Biden lead
Kate Brumback / The Associated Press / Nov. 19, 2020
Federal judge rejects Trump ally’s bid to block election certification in Georgia
Josh Gerstein / POLITICO / Nov. 19, 2020
Trump election campaign asks judge to declare him winner in Pennsylvania
Tom Hals and Jan Wolfe / Reuters / Nov. 18, 2020
Michigan Republican who balked at certifying election results says Trump called her
Brett Samuels / The Hill / Nov. 19, 2020
Trump invitation to Michigan lawmakers could spark state and federal political crisis
Austin Sarat / The Conversation / Nov. 19, 2020
Trump legal team claims broad conspiracy to manipulate election
Deanna Paul / The Wall Street Journal / Nov. 19, 2020
Judges rule against Trump and allies in three U.S. election lawsuits
Jan Wolfe / Reuters / Nov. 19, 2020
Democrats demand briefing from GSA chief on delay in ascertaining Biden’s win
Kyle Cheney / POLITICO / Nov. 19, 2020
Transition delay leads to awkward gap between Biden and Harris in intel access
Natash Bertrand / POLITICO / Nov. 19, 2020
Trump’s attempts to overturn the election are unparalleled in U.S. history
David E. Sanger / The New York Times / Nov. 19, 2020