YouTube will remove videos that encourage election meddlingIt'll also yank ones containing hacked information that could interfere with elections.By K. Holt, 08.13.2020
HBO’s 'Kill Chain' doc highlights the flaws in US election machinesA voting system that was easily hacked in 2005 is planned for use in 20 states in November.By K. Holt, 03.26.2020
Florida governor says Russians accessed voter databases in 2016The Mueller report noted hackers intruded on at least one county network.By K. Holt, 05.14.2019
Twitter banned 2,600 Iran-linked accounts for election meddlingFacebook and Twitter worked together to fight election interference efforts.By K. Holt, 02.01.2019
Canada doesn't trust social networks to warn of election interferenceIt's setting up a panel that will warn the public of meddling.By J. Fingas, 01.30.2019
US Treasury sanctions Russians for hacking and election meddlingThis includes election interference and anti-doping agency hacks.By J. Fingas, 12.19.2018
Facebook shut down a spam network in Brazil68 Pages and 43 accounts were booted from the platform.By A. Dellinger, 10.23.2018
Facebook says recent data breach wasn't 'related to the midterms'The company says it is actively investigating the attack with the FBI.By E. Alvarez, 10.12.2018
Mark Zuckerberg op-ed describes the election interference 'arms race'Facebook's CEO called for cooperation ahead of hearings on foreign influence.By R. Lawler, 09.05.2018
Facebook tells Senate it needs help stopping election interferenceSheryl Sandberg says the government should cooperate.By J. Fingas, 09.04.2018
Russian hackers targeted Democratic senator ahead of midtermsSen. McCaskill's campaign was hit with an unsuccessful phishing scheme.By K. Holt, 07.27.2018