Recommended Reading: The phone-monitoring 'shameware' apps used by churchesThe week's best writing on technology and more. By B. Steele, 09.24.2022
US expels Russian diplomats in response to SolarWinds hackThe move is also retaliation for alleged election interference.By J. Fingas, 04.15.2021
A YouTube network was spreading election disinformation for two monthsThis is despite YouTube's promises to crack down on allegations.By J. Fingas, 01.09.2021
Twitter labeled a forecaster's Georgia election tweet without controversyDave Wasserman agreed with a label on his tweet noting the Senate race has not been called by multiple sources.By R. Lawler, 01.05.2021
Twitter's latest Trump labels say Biden won the electionIt's more explicitly challenging Trump's claims.By J. Fingas, 12.19.2020
YouTube will remove videos disputing the 2020 presidential electionYouTube is clamping down now that states have certified results.By J. Fingas, 12.09.2020
Joe Biden's presidential transition launches with BuildBackBetter.govThe Biden administration now has federal support to begin its transition, including the use of .gov domains.By R. Lawler, 11.23.2020
Donald Trump fires election cybersecurity director Christopher KrebsWithout presenting evidence, the president claimed the 2020 election that he lost was 'inaccurate' and fired the man in charge of its security.By R. Lawler, 11.17.2020
Federal cybersecurity agency calls election 'most secure in American history'Despite baseless claims spread by the president, CISA said there's 'no evidence' of compromised results.By R. Lawler, 11.12.2020
Facebook puts groups on 'probation' for repeatedly spreading disinformationIt's determined to keep groups from spreading false election claims.By J. Fingas, 11.07.2020
Joe Biden's campaign has a 'Fortnite' islandIt's a youth vote rally for the pandemic era.By J. Fingas, 10.31.2020
FBI, Homeland Security detail how Iranian hackers stole US voter dataPoorly configured sites were partly to blame.By J. Fingas, 10.31.2020
Hackers briefly swap out a page on the Trump campaign siteSomeone 'seized' a page on DonaldJTrump.com and threatened to release classified info.By R. Lawler, 10.28.2020
Feds blame Russia, Iran for election misinformation and threatening emailsThe DNI said threatening email sent to Florida voters came from Iran.By R. Lawler, 10.21.2020
Facebook pulled 120,000 posts for attempting to interfere with US voting (updated)Whether or not it's doing all that it can isn't clear.By J. Fingas, 10.18.2020
Chinese hackers impersonated McAfee to attack election campaign staffersGoogle also warned of a sharp spike in denial of service attacks.By J. Fingas, 10.17.2020
Microsoft helped disrupt the infamous Trickbot botnetIt apparently wasn't aware of US government plans.By J. Fingas, 10.12.2020
Russian state hackers appear to have breached a federal agencyOfficials haven't confirmed the perpetrators.By J. Fingas, 10.03.2020
Report highlights blindspots in Facebook's fight against voting misinformation CrowdTangle may not effectively help catch voter interference, according to report.By A. Smajstrla, 09.23.2020