elections
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Facebook’s Dilemma, Subpoena Time, and Twitter: There Was an Attempt
It’s time for Hellfeed, your biweekly summary of who’s kicking and screaming online, and we really couldn’t have picked a better day: The U.S. president tweeted that he is ill with the novel coronavirus this morning and then totally dropped off the goddamn radar.
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Report: Former Trump Campaign Manager Brad Parscale in Hospital After Apparent Suicide Attempt
Brad Parscale, the Republican digital strategist recently demoted from his role as Donald Trump’s campaign manager, is in the hospital following what Florida authorities described as a suicide attempt, CNN reported on Monday.
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Facebook Routinely ‘Ignored’ Efforts to Manipulate Elections Across the Globe: Whistleblower
Facebook has royally screwed up its response to political misinformation, conspiracy theories, and organised manipulation campaigns in the U.S. — where it’s based. Outside the West, the company has long been a sort of absentee landlord that ignores the spread of propaganda, state-backed armies of trolls, and incitement to violence whenever it’s politically inconvenient.
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Crappy Email Security Could Be the Next Big Threat to American Elections: Report
Given the embarrassing catastrophe that was the 2016 presidential election, staving off cyberattacks and foreign influence campaigns is a top priority for election officials nationwide as we get closer to November. Apparently, though, no one thought to apply that same level of scrutiny to their emails. Who’d have thought phishing scams would be the downfall of…