US election
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16 Oct
Why Facebook might be hiring people with national security clearances
Facebook is on the hunt to recruit people who have national security clearances, as part of a broader push to address meddling on the social network ahead of general elections.
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18 Jul
The majority of US states have refused to comply with Trump’s electoral fraud commission
US president Donald Trump has insisted that he lost the popular vote in last year’s election by almost 3m votes, not because people voted for his rival Hillary Clinton, but because of voter fraud.
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19 Jun
US suffers largest data breach of voter information
Nearly every registered American voter has been left vulnerable to theft on a public Amazon cloud server by a marketing firm contracted by the Republican National Committee (RNC).
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14 Jun
Jeff Sessions forgets to check his (executive) privilege
US attorney general Jeff Sessions went before the Senate Intelligence Committee yesterday to answer allegations he had undisclosed meetings with Russian officials.
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25 May
A majority of US voters now believe president Trump is abusing his powers
A new poll from Quinnipiac has found that 54 percent of respondents believe that Trump is abusing the powers of his office.
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25 Apr
Russian hackers strike again – this time in the French presidential election
Fancy Bear, the Russian hacking group which targeted Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee during the US presidential election, has turned its focus to French politics.
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7 Apr
10 ways to spot fake news, according to Facebook
We all know that you can’t trust everything you read on the internet.
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15 Feb
Fool’s gold: Remove the financial incentive of fake news
Hoaxes, misinformation and conspiracy theories — for the past few months, the danger posed by “fake news” has dominated the headlines.
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13 Jan
Three things that will change the world today
These three things are going to have a significant impact on the wider world.
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12 Jan
Three things that will change the world today
These three things are going to have a significant impact on the wider world.