Hopefully it’s a COVID-19 version of what it did post-2016 elections, when it required verification of those buying political or issue ads.
Tag Archives: 2016 US presidential election
Facebook purges hundreds of fake accounts from state actors, marketers
It removed 5 networks engaged in foreign or government interference in Egypt, India, Russia, Iran, and Myanmar/Vietnam. Some targeted the US.
Facebook users were duped by Cambridge Analytica, FTC rules
Delete the data, and don’t do any of that again, the FTC told the data analytics company, which already filed for bankruptcy in 2018.
Russia targeted all 50 states in 2016 election, Senate report says
The Senate Intelligence Committee doesn’t know what Moscow’s intentions are, but Robert Mueller says they’re still at it.
Laptops used in 2016 NC poll to be examined by Feds – after 2.5 years
The e-voting vendor in North Carolina was spearphished days before the election but still went ahead and used remote access software.
Fake news writer: If people are stupid enough to believe this stuff…
…then maybe they deserve this drivel, says a Macedonian copy-paste/turn-it-into-clickbait-bile writer who says it’s all about the money.
Facebook bans accounts of fake news firm
It’s not clear who paid Archimedes Group for its reality-warping campaigns, but it’s clear disinformation is now a global scourge.
Instagram became the preferred tool in Russia’s propaganda war
Facebook and Twitter got a lot of heat, but “Instagram’s appeal is that’s where the kids are, and that seems to be where the Russians went.”
‘Only paper ballots by 2020!’ call experts after election tampering
The National Academy of Sciences says the US election system uses insecure technology and is fighting off attempts to destabilize it.
NSA leaker Reality Winner gets 63 months in jail
Reality Leigh Winner, the NSA contractor who leaked sensitive information to the Intercept last year, was sentenced to 63 months in prison last week along with three years of supervised release.