election interference
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Facebook Vows To Fix Its Biggest Problems, But It’s Clearly Ready To Move On
Mark Zuckerberg may have ditched the dark suit he wore during his congressional appearances last month, but the serious data-privacy and election-security issues raised during his testimony are still very much on his mind.
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DOJ Charges 13 Russian Nationals Accused Of Waging Online ‘Information Warfare’ Against US
The US Justice Department on today revealed an eight-count indictment charging 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities over their alleged meddling in US politics, including the 2016 US presidential election.
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Facebook Plans To Tell Users Which Russian Accounts They Followed
Facebook is creating a tool that will allow users to check whether or not they followed Russian propaganda accounts on Facebook or Instagram during the 2016 US election cycle, the company announced today. The tool, which is expected to launch by the end of this year, is a response to continued pressure from lawmakers who…
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DNC Hackers Had A ‘Hit List’ Chock-Full Of Putin Foes
Concluding an exhaustive review of evidence, The Associated Press presented a powerful case on Wednesday that further ties the perpetrators of the DNC breach to a Kremlin-directed plot.