January 13, 2020

Reddit bans ‘impersonation,’ but satire and parody are still OK

Relax: Nic Cage deepfakes aren't going anywhere. It's only "maliciously misleading" impersonations that are now verboten.

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February 12, 2018

Facebook is not testing a dislike button, except for the one it’s testing

Nope, there's no upside-down thumb coming our way. Rather, It's a Reddit-esque downvote option, and it's a limited test.

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December 16, 2016

DNC chief Podesta led to phishing link ‘thanks to a typo’

Typing 'legitimate' instead of 'illegitimate' led DNC chief to phishing link and the hack that compromised his emails, report finds

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November 14, 2016

Zuckerberg pushes back on fears over fake news on Facebook

It's "crazy" to think that Facebook news stories influence people, he said. The internet's response: Facebook ads do, but its news doesn't?

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October 19, 2016

Twitter bots work overtime for Trump and Clinton in US presidential race

The great thing about computer bots is they never stop - that's also their biggest weakness.

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October 06, 2016

From Russia with grudge: hackers accused of trying to sway US election

Somebody is hacking away at the systems behind the 2016 US Presidential election - but why?

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February 02, 2016

Where do US presidential candidates stand on privacy and surveillance?

In the 2016 presidential campaign, cybersecurity, surveillance and privacy haven't received a whole lot of attention. Where do the candidates stand on these important issues?

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January 08, 2016

Dump Trump! A Chrome extension to censor “The Donald” from the web

Hackers have tried deleting Trump's Wikipedia page and knocking his website offline. Now there's a much simpler, and perfectly legal, way to erase Trump from the internet.

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December 21, 2015

Democrats’ database bug spotlights the rise of big data in elections

The US presidential campaign of Bernie Sanders found itself in trouble when a staffer improperly accessed a voter database belonging to the rival campaign of Hillary Clinton.

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