11 Apr

On Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary and Commerce, Science, and Transportation committees grilled Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg about the company's insufficient efforts to protect users' personal data. In doing so, many of the senators betrayed a general lack of knowledge about how Facebook operates.Source: A Bunch of Senators Just Showed They Have No Idea How Facebook Works. They Want to Regulate...

17:52 / Campaign Finance / Free Speech / Technology / vblog
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10 Apr

Via the NY Times comes news that Facebook will not only support passage of the Honest Ads Act (currently pending in committee where it may stay), but will also self-regulate “issue ads.Source: (How) Will Facebook Self-Regulate “Issue Ads” Intended to Affect U.S. Elections? The Details Matter a Lot...

22:07 / Campaign Finance / Technology / vblog
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28 Feb

The U.S. intelligence community developed substantial evidence that state websites or voter registration systems in seven states were compromised by Russian-backed covert operatives prior to the 2016 election — but never told the states involved, according to multiple U.S. officials.Source: U.S. intel: Russia compromised seven states prior to 2016 election...

20:36 / election integrity / russia / Technology / vblog / yclass
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