Scholars from Stanford University put forward a comprehensive strategy for what needs to be done to protect the integrity and independence of U.S. elections, with a keen focus on the upcoming presidential campaign in 2020. The report draws on findings that emerged from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian […] Read more »
Could Russia swing the next presidential election?
… Congress should appropriate money now to fund an independent, nonpartisan task force to study the effects of Russian electoral interference in the 2020 election. … The American public deserves to know whether Russia’s election interference operation might actually alter election outcomes. If not, any federal regulation of social media […] Read more »
How to avoid an election meltdown in 2020: Improve voter registration database security and monitoring
One of the most shocking parts of the Mueller report details the widespread efforts by Russian hackers to attack American election infrastructure in 2016. Specifically, the report presents evidence that the Russian intelligence (GRU) targeted state and local election administration systems, that they have infiltrated the computer network of the […] Read more »
Russia Is Targeting Europe’s Elections. So Are Far-Right Copycats.
Less than two weeks before pivotal elections for the European Parliament, a constellation of websites and social media accounts linked to Russia or far-right groups is spreading disinformation, encouraging discord and amplifying distrust in the centrist parties that have governed for decades. European Union investigators, academics and advocacy groups say […] Read more »
Inside Americans’ relationship with technology
Technology and social media have dramatically reshaped the United States over the past decade and Americans have mixed feelings about the changes, according to a deep dive into those topics in the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. More than a decade after the smartphone arrived in our pockets and […] Read more »
Americans give social media a clear thumbs-down
The American public holds negative views of social-media giants like Facebook and Twitter, with sizable majorities saying these sites do more to divide the country than unite it and spread falsehoods rather than news, according to results from the latest national NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. What’s more, six in […] Read more »