Midterm Elections 2018: All the Hoaxes and Viral Misinformation
Election Day is a perfect environment for misinformation to spread, whether it’s through coordinated campaigns or honest error—or a mix of both. […]
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Midterm Elections 2018: Voting Machine Meltdowns Are Normal—That’s the Problem
David Weiner counts himself lucky. Sure, he waited an hour to vote at the Brooklyn Public Library along with, he estimates, several […]
Midterms 2018: The Unprecedented Effort to Secure Election Day
After Russia’s misinformation campaign rattled the 2016 United States election season, scrutiny over this year’s midterms has been intense. And while foreign […]
Hacking Democracy: Vulnerable Voting Infrastructure and the Future of Election Security
It’s been two years since international interference sabotaged the United States’ election security, and still the vulnerability of our voting infrastructure remains […]
Trump’s ‘Racist’ Midterms Ad Backs Facebook Into a Corner
The day before the midterm elections, Facebook took down a virulently anti-immigrant ad paid for by President Donald Trump, which mischaracterizes refugees […]
Can I Vote Online? Your Voting Questions, Answered
Our in-house Know-It-Alls answer questions about your interactions with technology. Q: Can I Vote Online? A: You can use the internet to […]
Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp Accuses Georgia Democrats of Hacking
In December 2016, Georgia secretary of state Brian Kemp accused the Department of Homeland Security of attempting to hack his office’s systems, […]
How to Control What Websites Can Do on Your Computer
As websites and web apps have grown in complexity, so have their demands: They want access to your webcam to make video […]
A New Privacy Bill, Safer White Hat Hacking, and More Security News This Week
This week, Apple introduced new iPad Pros and a MacBook Air and a Mac Mini. It also, though, quietly enhanced the capabilities […]
Don’t Be Duped by Voting Misinformation Before the Midterms
The midterm elections are just a few days away. Though historically the president’s party takes a beating in the House and Senate, […]