Policy · 116th Congress
US finds more attacks on networks, warns of a ‘grave risk’
The company took down its customer page from its website after news of the attack, but a copy was stored on the Internet Archive.
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Policy · 116th Congress
Ratcliffe’s warning on foreign interference with US voters provokes skepticism
The director of national intelligence, John Ratcliffe, in a hastily assembled news conference late Wednesday with FBI and Homeland Security officials, said that Iran and Russia had managed to steal voter
Video · 116th Congress
New FBI film warns about China’s recruitment of US officials
Only after Landry finishes his speech and is given an envelope of crisp $100 bills does he see a news headline of another American official who is arrested for helping China gain access to sensitive U.S
Campaigns · 116th Congress
The case for counting mail-in votes early
ANALYSIS — The FBI on Sept. 22 warned that foreign hackers and cyber criminals using fake websites and social media could spread disinformation regarding the results of the 2020 elections to “discredit
Campaigns · 116th Congress
Debate fact-check: False claims amid disorderly fracas
The debate in Cleveland was moderated by Chris Wallace of Fox News.
Policy · 116th Congress
Hired guns of disinformation proliferate online, report finds
To make content look more believable, some companies are creating fake personas of journalists, with false LinkedIn profiles and web histories.
Campaigns · 116th Congress
Byron Donalds leading in Florida GOP primary, raising party’s diversity hopes
The House GOP’s campaign arm has also not issued a news release touting Donalds, as they often do for primary winners. But Eagle posted Wednesday afternoon on Facebook that he had conceded.
Campaigns · 116th Congress
At the Races: Locked down, money up
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Heard On The Hill · 116th Congress
Does Washington have ‘real people?’ Asking for some friends in Congress
But not everyone welcomed the news, particularly Senate Republicans who have pretty much declared the bill dead on arrival.
Campaigns · 116th Congress
Social media platforms gird for 78 days of disinformation chaos after Election Day
Unlike most presidential elections, when ballots are tallied and counted in a majority of precincts by midnight on Election Day and news outlets are able to project a winner before you go to bed,
Congress · 116th Congress
House panel demands Pentagon briefing on Russian bounties
“Possibly another fabricated Russia Hoax, maybe by the Fake News @nytimesbooks, wanting to make Republicans look bad!!!”
Congress · 116th Congress
House passes policing bill amid familiar partisan stalemate
Pelosi, at a news conference on the House steps Thursday, said the marchers and protesters have demanded “this moment of national agony become one of national action.”
Congress · 116th Congress
Senate GOP policing bill stalls as Democrats block it on floor, attention swerves to House
CBC Chairwoman Karen Bass called Scott’s bill a “watered-down fake reform bill.”
Policy · 116th Congress
Lawmakers, tech companies struggle to curb coronavirus disinformation
Carley says a huge number of bots are operating as a “propaganda arm” for websites that feature fake news, while others are being used to amplify polarizing opinions.
Campaigns · 116th Congress
At the Races: (Democratic) Party like it’s 2018
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Opinion · 116th Congress
Trump is stuck in 2016, but older voters are panicked by the 2020 virus
Not to mention Trump’s misplaced certainty that the great influenza epidemic occurred in 1917 rather than 1918 as historians and other purveyors of “fake news” stubbornly insist.
Heard On The Hill · 116th Congress
Your Skype background sucks: Twitter account eviscerates lawmakers’ home decor
Since quarantine began about a month ago, cable news guests, including numerous members of Congress, have been conducting their interviews through at-home video chats, giving viewers a glimpse inside their
Policy · 116th Congress
Public health experts worry about spread of COVID-19 misinformation
Last month, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned about the potential onslaught of fake information related to the new coronavirus-based illness known as COVID-19
Congress · 116th Congress
Campus Notebook: A rundown of Duncan Hunter’s transgressions
“Our very democracy is at risk when a criminal like Hunter wins an election by weaponizing the tropes of fake news and the deep state,” the government said.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Nothing to fear but Trump himself
I don’t watch CNN because CNN is fake news.”