SAN FRANCISCO — Google has become the latest Silicon Valley giant to become entangled in a widening investigation into how online social networks and technology products may have played a role in Russian interference in the 2016 election.Source: Google Prepares to Brief Congress on Its Role in Election...
Major public companies are letting a little more sunlight into their wallets, making more disclosures about their political spending on their web sites and adding more board oversight to monitor it, according to a new study.Source: The most and least transparent companies for political spending...
"Trump says Facebook is against him. Liberals say we helped Trump," Zuckerberg said in a statement posted to Facebook. "Both sides are upset about ideas and content they don't like. That's what running a platform for all ideas looks like."Source: Zuckerberg responds to Trump's claim Facebook was out to get him...
SAN FRANCISCO — After a weekend when Americans took to social media to debate President Trump’s admonishment of N.F.L.Source: Twitter, With Accounts Linked to Russia, to Face Congress Over Role in Election...
The House and Senate Intelligence Committees have asked executives from major tech companies to appear in open hearings tied to the committees’ Russia investigations.Source: Twitter, Google, Facebook Called to Testify Before Congress Over Russian Campaign Ads...
Several anti-immigrant messages with an explicit pro-Trump slant are included among the 3,000 pieces of Russian-linked political content Facebook plans to turn over to Congressional investigators, ABC News has learned.Source: Russian-generated Facebook posts pushed Trump as 'only viable option'...
Democratic committees burned in 2016 are quickly adopting anti-hacking measures, but individual campaigns are moving more slowly. Candidates are quizzing prospective campaign managers on anti-hacking plans.Source: Political campaigns prep for battle with hackers...
In the wake of revelations about Russia buying political ads on Facebook during the 2016 presidential campaign, the Federal Election Commission has reopened the comment period on the need for revising requirements for disclaimers on political communications placed for a fee on another person's WebSource: FEC Seeks Comment on 'Net Ad Disclaimers...
The blinding rise of Donald Trump over the past year has masked another major trend in American politics: the palpable, and perhaps permanent, turn against the tech industry.Source: There's Blood In The Water In Silicon Valley...
Facebook Inc, under pressure over its role in possible Russian meddling in last year’s US presidential election, said it plans an election integrity initiative to protect Canada’s next vote from cyberthreats.Source: Facebook to launch 'election integrity initiative' to prevent meddling of votes, ahead of Canadian elections...
