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Beware: U.S. election disinformation masked as 'breaking news'
2 months ago

Beware: U.S. election disinformation masked as 'breaking news'

Raw Story  

"Breaking" news, screamed an online post by a conservative American influencer as he pushed disinformation about Kamala Harris, illustrating how journalism lingo has been co-opted as a tool to amplify election falsehoods. It is yet another disinformation trend undermining trust in traditional media -- already at historic lows, surveys show -- alongside the proliferation of fake "news" sites and the …

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AI Election Project Methodology and Submission Information
6 months, 3 weeks ago

AI Election Project Methodology and Submission Information

Wired  

Our AI Election Project Methodology and Other Notes: The instances listed must be found “in the wild.” This means we’re only going to include instances where generative AI is being used or found out in the world. However many instances of generative AI journalists, researchers, experts, or anyone else manages to find, it’s likely that there are more. There may …

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You Can Get Paid to Talk to Friends About Voting
6 months, 3 weeks ago

You Can Get Paid to Talk to Friends About Voting

Wired  

In Tonya Williams’ Mississippi family, they all vote. Relentless, a progressive group focused on relational organizing—individuals harnessing their personal networks to get out the vote—relies on people like Williams to get family members to the ballot box. “Relational is a way for voters to receive correct, accurate information in this time of unprecedented disinformation, because people trust their friends,” Davis …

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Federal Election Commission kills anonymous donor proposal
7 months, 1 week ago

Federal Election Commission kills anonymous donor proposal

Raw Story  

The Federal Election Commission on Thursday defeated a proposal — introduced by a Donald Trump-nominated commissioner — that would have allowed some political donors to remain anonymous. “Such a rule could well eviscerate the one element of today’s campaign finance law still intact: disclosure of who is paying for our lawmakers,” said Craig Holman, government affairs lobbyist for Public Citizen, …

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AI technology sparks new worries, but poses familiar challenges to elections
10 months, 2 weeks ago

AI technology sparks new worries, but poses familiar challenges to elections

Raw Story  

This article was originally published by Votebeat, a nonprofit news organization covering local election administration and voting access. Ultimately, what the day proved to me was that the problems AI may cause aren’t really that new, and that with appropriate collaboration between interested parties — in this case, election officials and AI leaders — the public can build up defenses …

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Judge holds Giuliani liable in Georgia election workers’ defamation case for withholding information
1 year, 3 months ago

Judge holds Giuliani liable in Georgia election workers’ defamation case for withholding information

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Wednesday held Rudy Giuliani liable in a defamation lawsuit brought by two Georgia election workers who say they were falsely accused of fraud, ruling that the former New York city mayor gave “only lip service” to complying with his legal obligations while trying to portray himself as the victim in the case. Howell said …

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Hackers may have access to information on millions of British voters, election commission says
1 year, 4 months ago

Hackers may have access to information on millions of British voters, election commission says

Associated Press  

LONDON — Hackers may have information on tens of millions of British voters after they got access to electoral registers, the U.K.'s election watchdog said Tuesday — nearly a year after the breach was discovered. The Electoral Commission apologized for the breach but said much of the information was already in the public domain and that the names and addresses …

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New Twitter rules expose election offices to spoof accounts
1 year, 7 months ago

New Twitter rules expose election offices to spoof accounts

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Tracking down accurate information about Philadelphia’s elections on Twitter used to be easy. The election commission applied weeks ago for a gray check mark — Twitter’s new symbol to help users identify official government accounts – but has yet to hear back from the Twitter, commission spokesman Nick Custodio said. “Even a minor setback, like no longer …

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CEO of election software firm held on ID info theft charges
2 years, 2 months ago

CEO of election software firm held on ID info theft charges

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — The founder and CEO of a software company targeted by election deniers was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of stealing data on hundreds of Los Angeles County poll workers. Konnech Corporation’s Eugene Yu, 51, was arrested in Meridian Township in Michigan and held on suspicion of theft of personal identifying information, while computer hard drives and other “digital …

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Arrest made in breach of L.A. County election worker data
2 years, 2 months ago

Arrest made in breach of L.A. County election worker data

LA Times  

Los Angeles County prosecutors have accused the chief executive of a small Michigan software company of compromising the personal information of hundreds of county elections employees. Eugene Yu, 51, was arrested early Tuesday just outside Lansing, Mich., after prosecutors alleged he improperly stored the information on servers in China, according to Los Angeles County Dist. Los Angeles County awarded Konnech …

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Wisconsin election commissioners balk at GOP data request
2 years, 11 months ago

Wisconsin election commissioners balk at GOP data request

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Members of the bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission balked Tuesday at a massive request for voter data and other information by six Republican state lawmakers but did not order the request —deemed “insane” by one commissioner — be denied. Meagan Wolfe, the state’s top elections official, told commissioners it was “the most broad request we’ve ever seen.” Democratic …

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Privacy and Trump dominate arguments in GOP’s election case
3 years ago

Privacy and Trump dominate arguments in GOP’s election case

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — The separation of powers, the privacy of voters and what former President Donald Trump wants dominated arguments in a Pennsylvania court Wednesday as Democrats seek to block a subpoena to state election officials in what Republicans call a “forensic investigation” of last year’s presidential election. Much of Wednesday’s debate in court revolved around whether the Senate’s inquiry …

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Pennsylvania Democrats sue over GOP election ‘investigation’
3 years, 3 months ago

Pennsylvania Democrats sue over GOP election ‘investigation’

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Democrats in Pennsylvania’s state Senate sued Friday evening in a state court to block a Republican-approved subpoena seeking voter information and to put a stop to what Republicans call a “forensic investigation” of last year’s presidential election. The subpoena seeks detailed state election records, including communication with counties and the names of who voted in last year’s …

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How “Stop the Steal” Exploded on Facebook and Twitter
54 years, 11 months ago

How “Stop the Steal” Exploded on Facebook and Twitter

Slate  

Trump supporters have run with the president’s claim that Democrats are trying to “steal” the election and are rapidly spreading misinformation about voting irregularities on social media. “In line with the exceptional measures that we are taking during this period of heightened tension, we have removed the Group ‘Stop the Steal,’ which was creating real-world events,” Facebook said in a …

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UK accuses Russia of 'despicable' hacking attacks on COVID-19 researchers, meddling in election
4 years, 5 months ago

UK accuses Russia of 'despicable' hacking attacks on COVID-19 researchers, meddling in election

ABC  

The United Kingdom has accused Russian-backed hackers of trying to steal COVID-19 vaccine and treatment research from academic and pharmaceutical institutions around the world. Key points: Britain's National Cybersecurity Centre made the announcement, which was coordinated with authorities in the US and Canada It was unclear whether any information had been stolen The NCC said individuals' confidential information had not …

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