It might be a snow day in Washington, but the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on election system security continued as planned. During Wednesday’s hearing, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and her predecessor Jeh Johnson appeared with a panel of state election officials to hash out the recommendations issued by the committee on Tuesday. “This issue […]
View More To protect election systems from hacking, states are getting cozier with Homeland SecurityCategory: 2016 election
Zuck and Sandberg go M.I.A. as Congress summons Facebook leadership by name
The bad thing about making your face synonymous with the company you run: When you go M.I.A., everyone tends to notice. The callout posts began over the weekend. Normal Facebook users don’t always track the tech press outrage cycle, but a flurry of reporting on Facebook’s mishandling of the private data of 50 million users, […]
View More Zuck and Sandberg go M.I.A. as Congress summons Facebook leadership by nameSenate Intel Committee gives Homeland Security its election security wish list
In a press conference today, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence presented its urgent recommendations for protecting election systems as the U.S. moves toward midterm elections later this year. “Currently we have an election upon us, and the past tells us that the future will probably hold another set of threats if we are not […]
View More Senate Intel Committee gives Homeland Security its election security wish listChief Security Officer Alex Stamos may leave Facebook over disinformation drama
Facebook’s latest public controversy may have claimed its first major casualty. According to reporting from the New York Times, the social media giant is poised to part ways with its high-profile chief security officer, Alex Stamos. That story suggests that Stamos created friction within Facebook by pushing for an aggressive approach to exploring and disclosing […]
View More Chief Security Officer Alex Stamos may leave Facebook over disinformation dramaFacebook investigating a current employee who has ties to that Trump-linked data firm
The hits keep on coming for Facebook.
On Friday, the social media company booted the Donald Trump campaign-linked data firm Cambridge Analytica from its platform. On Saturday, we learned why: The firm played a role in secretly harvesting data belongi…
Facebook’s latest privacy debacle stirs up more regulatory interest from lawmakers
Facebook’s late Friday disclosure that a data analytics company with ties to the Trump campaign improperly obtained — and then failed to destroy — the private data of 50 million users is generating more unwanted attention from politicians, some of whom were already beating the drums of regulation in the company’s direction. On Saturday morning, […]
View More Facebook’s latest privacy debacle stirs up more regulatory interest from lawmakersAnyone can use Facebook to boost a message. Even Russian agents.
There’s no longer any question at all: Russians meddled in the 2016 U.S. election, and they relied on social media tools we can all use.
Facebook and its photo-sharing site, Instagram, are mentioned dozens of times in the indictment handed down Frida…
Anyone can use Facebook to boost a message. Even Russian agents.
There’s no longer any question at all: Russians meddled in the 2016 U.S. election, and they relied on social media tools we can all use.
Facebook and its photo-sharing site, Instagram, are mentioned dozens of times in the indictment handed down Frida…
Special counsel Robert Mueller indicts Russian bot farm for election meddling
Special Counsel Robert Mueller has just handed down a set of indictments, charging 13 Russian citizens and three Russian organizations with interference in the U.S. presidential election in efforts dating back to 2014. The indictment names the In…
View More Special counsel Robert Mueller indicts Russian bot farm for election meddlingFacebook and Twitter face a short deadline on Russian bot #ReleaseTheMemo reports for Congress
Two leading Democrats in Congress are calling for new disclosures from Facebook and Twitter about Russian disinformation campaigns on their platforms. In a letter, Rep. Adam Schiff and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, minority leads on the House Intel and …
View More Facebook and Twitter face a short deadline on Russian bot #ReleaseTheMemo reports for CongressTwitter to notify users who got played by Russian propaganda accounts
Over a half million Twitter users are about to be on the receiving end of an inbox surprise.
No, not the news of an unexpected verification. Nor something more prosaic, such as their unwitting participation in a new feature test group. Rather, …
Facebook will elevate ‘trusted’ news outlets after surveying U.S. users
Facebook announced on Friday that news isn’t disappearing from your News Feed, but the social network is placing quite the heavy hand on what it decides to show you.
SEE ALSO: Facebook became your news diet. Now, it’s going to serve you junk.
The soc…