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Flaw in Right-Wing ‘Election Integrity’ App Exposes Voter-Suppression Plan and User Data
A bug that WIRED discovered in True the Vote’s VoteAlert app revealed user information—and an election worker who wrote about carrying out an illegal voter-suppression scheme.Tech - Wired - November 5 -
Civil rights groups warn of potential voter suppression ahead of Election Day
Civil rights leaders warn that Virginia could be a canary in a coal mine, foreshadowing broader efforts to undermine voting rights across the country.Top stories - ABC News - October 31 -
Right-Wing Groups Are Organizing on Telegram Ahead of Election Day
Right-wing groups, which use Telegram to organize real-world actions, are urging followers to watch the polls and stand up for their rights, in a harbinger of potential chaos.Business - The New York Times - November 6 -
Election Reveals Right-Wing Shift of Social Media Platforms
If the election underscored anything about the internet, it was the ascendancy of social platforms for the right. That puts Democrats at a disadvantage.Tech - The New York Times - November 17 -
Zero-Click Flaw Exposes Potentially Millions of Popular Storage Devices to Attack
A vulnerability categorized as “critical” in a photo app installed by default on Synology network-attached storage devices could give attackers the ability to steal data and worse.Tech - Wired - November 1 -
Flaws of the Medicare Advantage ‘quality’ ratings exposed in insurance-company lawsuits
Lawsuits raise questions about the validity of the star ratings system.Business - MarketWatch - November 9 -
Addicted to love: how dating apps ‘exploit’ their users
Online services that promise to find people romantic matches have been likened to gambling products designed to keep customers hooked. “Designed to be deleted” is the tagline of one of the UK’s ...World - The Guardian - November 3 -
Poorer voters flocked to Trump — and other data points from the election
FT analysis of this week's election results paint a dire picture for the DemocratsBusiness - Financial Times - November 9 -
Trump campaign sues Pennsylvania county over alleged 'voter suppression'
The Trump campaign has filed a lawsuit against Bucks County, Pa., for allegedly "turning away" voters. NBC News' Dasha Burns has details on the lawsuit and other claims made by the former president.Top stories - NBC News - October 30 -
ONS faces fresh scrutiny over flawed UK labour market data
MPs ask national statistician for clarity on when problems with ‘integral’ survey will be resolvedWorld - Financial Times - 3 days ago -
What the early voting data shows about new voters — a group that could swing the election
With nearly 60 million ballots already cast, everyone interested in the presidential election is trying to figure out where the race stands.Politics - NBC News - November 1 -
Meta Fined $15 Million in South Korea for Illegal User Data Collection
The country’s privacy watchdog said Meta amassed sensitive information by analyzing users’ likes and the ads they opened.Business - Inc. - November 5 -
What 23andMe business troubles could mean for users' genetic data
The company is laying off 40% of its workforce and discontinuing its therapeutics division.Top stories - ABC News - November 13 -
Elon Musk Asked People to Upload Their Health Data. X Users Obliged
Privacy experts cringed when people started feeding their medical images to the A.I. tool Grok.Top stories - The New York Times - 6 days ago -
The steps officials are taking to maintain election integrity
This election cycle has seen an unprecedented focus on election integrity and efforts to keep Americans' faith in the voting process. CBS News national security contributor Samantha Vinograd has ...Top stories - CBS News - November 4 -
Election integrity expert warns about the spread of misinformation
ABC News’ Linsey Davis speaks with Michael Waldman, President of NYU’s Brennan Center for Justice, on how elections are actually becoming more secure.Top stories - ABC News - November 5 -
Snowflake’s ‘data agents’ leverage enterprise apps so you don’t have to
The platform for data agents enables teams to easily and safely advance their businesses with data-driven insights they can act on to deliver measurable impact.Tech - VentureBeat - November 12 -
Meta's Threads micro-blogging app now has 275 million monthly users, Zuckerberg says
Threads, Meta's rival to Elon Musk's X app, now has nearly 275 million monthly users, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Wednesday.Business - CNBC - October 31 -
Elon Musk’s ‘election integrity community’ on X is full of baseless claims
Feed is rife with posts of individuals deemed suspicious and calls for doxxing with little evidence provided of fault. While Elon Musk faces his own election integrity questions offline, the X ...World - The Guardian - October 31 -
In Elon Musk's "election integrity" community on X, false claims proliferate
Elon Musk is encouraging X users to report instances of voter fraud in a new group on the platform. Many of the posts are unsubstantiated or false.Top stories - CBS News - November 1 -
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson on election integrity, early vote turnout
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson held a news conference Monday where she went over her state's totals for early voting and talked about measures being taken to ensure a fair election.Top stories - CBS News - November 4 -
Law expert explains safeguards that upheld 2024 election integrity
With long lines and false bomb threats, election officials ensured a safe voting process in 2024. CBS News election law contributor David Becker explains the resilience of the system in the face of ...Top stories - CBS News - November 6 -
Biden: Trump win lays to rest question of election ‘integrity’
President Biden on Thursday called on Americans to lay to rest questions about the integrity of elections, calling the system fair after President-elect Trump decidedly won the 2024 race. “I hope ...Politics - The Hill - November 7 -
Election integrity concerns fade after resounding Trump victory: ANALYSIS
The U.S. election system passed a critical test, after months of widespread public concern about security of ballots, accuracy of the count, and timeliness of results.Top stories - ABC News - November 8 -
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The world's right-wing leaders celebrate Trump's win — but America's allies hint unease
Most world leaders were always going to congratulate Donald Trump on his presidential win, as they did early Wednesday before he was even officially declared the victor.Top stories - NBC News - November 6 -
Israel’s right-wing pushes to resettle Gaza: Will the US respond?
Israel's coalition government is advocating for the resettlement of Gaza, which has been met with opposition from the international community.Politics - The Hill - November 7 -
Bolsonaro’s Right Wing Movement Faces Backlash After Coup Accusations
Accusations that former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro plotted a coup arose after a former top aide of his was implicated in a plan to kill the current president.World - The New York Times - Yesterday -
Maybe Dearborn voters were right
These voters may know something that the rest of us do not.Politics - The Hill - 4 days ago -
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Box continues to expand beyond just data sharing, with agent-driven enterprise AI studio and no-code apps
Box debuts its largest set of updates ever, with agent driven enterprise AI data studio and no code apps.Tech - VentureBeat - November 12 -
Bluesky Adds One Million New Users After Election
With one million new accounts added since the U.S. elections, Bluesky has solidified itself as an option for people looking to change their social media service.Business - The New York Times - November 14 -
X rival Bluesky gains 1.25 million users following U.S. election
Bluesky has gained over 1.25 million new users in the past week, indicating some social media users are changing their habits following the U.S. election.Business - CNBC - November 14 -
How your favorite social media apps are preparing for election conspiracies
Social media companies are under intense pressure to squash the spread of disinformation on their platforms during the 2024 electionsBusiness - CNBC - November 5 -
Florida voters narrowly reject abortion rights measure
The ballot initiative in Florida would have allowed abortion until the point of foetal viability or about 24 weeks.Top stories - BBC News - November 6 -
Arizona voters enshrine abortion rights in state constitution
NBC News projects the constitutional amendment has won enough votes to pass. It’s one of 10 pro-abortion rights measures on the ballot across the country Tuesday.Politics - NBC News - November 6