A YouTube network was spreading election disinformation for two months

Posted on 09/01/2021 by Engadget

YouTube promised it would crack down on US election disinformation in early December, but it appear to have missed a large target. BuzzFeed News has learned that a network of YouTube channels linked to the far-right media outlet Epoch Times launched...

Twitter’s latest Trump labels say Biden won the election

Posted on 19/12/2020 by Engadget

Twitter’s election results labels are now decidedly more explicit. Variety found that Twitter is now labeling President Trump’s tweets (and presumably others) with a notice that “election officials have certified Joe Biden as the winner of the U.S. p...

YouTube will remove videos disputing the 2020 presidential election

Posted on 09/12/2020 by Engadget

YouTube’s determination to curb election misinformation is extending to disputes over the results. The Google-owned service has started removing content uploaded from December 9th onward if it alleges that “widespread fraud or errors” altered the out...

Joe Biden’s presidential transition launches with BuildBackBetter.gov

Posted on 24/11/2020 by Engadget

Election Day was almost three weeks ago, but despite media projections and state-certified results marking a Joe Biden win in the race for president, the government had not yet started the transition process. Earlier today, GSA Administrator Emily Mu...

Donald Trump fires cybersecurity director Christopher Krebs

Posted on 18/11/2020 by Engadget

Several days ago, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency — a section of the Department of Homeland Security that, among other things, works on election security — issued a statement saying “The November 3rd election was the most secure...

Federal cybersecurity agency calls election ‘most secure in American history’

Posted on 13/11/2020 by Engadget

Despite claims made without any evidence about the validity of the November election, a collection of election officials signed on to a statement distributed by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). In it, the members of the El...

Facebook puts groups on ‘probation’ for repeatedly spreading disinformation

Posted on 07/11/2020 by Engadget

Facebook’s post-election crackdown on groups is extending beyond bans. The company told the Washington Post that it’s now putting political and social groups on probation if they repeatedly violate community standards. If Facebook makes that call for...

Joe Biden’s campaign has a ‘Fortnite’ island

Posted on 31/10/2020 by Engadget

If you’re running Joe Biden’s presidential campaign and want to make a last-minute push for the youth vote, what do you do? Set up a Fortnite island, apparently. Mashable reports (via Kotaku) that the Biden-Harris campaign has introduced a “Build Bac...

FBI, Homeland Security detail how Iranian hackers stole US voter data

Posted on 31/10/2020 by Engadget

US officials are shedding more light on how Iran-linked hackers stole voter info to send intimidating emails to Democrat voters. The FBI and Homeland Security’s CISA have issued an advisory (via Bleeping Computer) explaining the campaign, which ran f...

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