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There’s a new cross-country effort to train election and campaign pros on digital security (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 01/30/2020 - 06:50Analysis: DNC heads to Iowa to help protect caucuses from digital attacks and disinformation (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 01/29/2020 - 15:55Analysis: Pinterest bans misinformation about voting and the census (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 01/29/2020 - 15:54Sen Warren Warren issues new disinformation pledge, promising to hold Facebook, Google and Twitter responsible
Democratic presidential candidate Sen Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) pledged that her campaign would not share falsehoods or promote fraudulent accounts on social media, part of a new plan to battle back disinformation and hold Facebook, Google and Twitt
Martin O'Malley: Want to fix the presidential primaries? Revive the fairness and equal time doctrines. (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 01/28/2020 - 19:04A New York Times journalist was targeted by spyware linked to Saudi Arabia (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 01/28/2020 - 14:14Facebook will now show you exactly how it stalks you — even when you’re not using Facebook (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 01/28/2020 - 06:48Facebook, Google and Twitter scramble to stop misinformation about coronavirus (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 01/27/2020 - 16:45Analysis: These scientists are trying to help Congress get smarter about tech
The Government Accountability Office's Science and Technology Assessment and Analytics group, created in 2019, is ramping up its work: It wants to double its current ranks of about 70 people providing technical assessments to Congress on topics s