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Republicans Seek Pennsylvania Voters’ Personal Information in 2020 Review | The New York Times
by Nick Corasaniti
5 days ago
But election experts still expressed worries about the amount of personal information being requested and the security risks, both to…
Opinion: Americans may have thought the 2020 election was over. Yet the conspiracy theories are accelerating. | The Washington Post
by Editorial Board
September 9, 2021
The conspiracy theory-fueled “audit” of Arizona’s ballots was supposed to end in May, then by the end of August and now…
The Cybersecurity 202: In this Colorado county, election conspiracies led to a real-world leak | The Washington Post
by Joseph Marks
August 27, 2021
Election conspiracy theories are threatening to cause real-world cyber vulnerabilities. Exhibit A: the county clerk of Mesa County, Colo. allegedly…
How Eric Coomer Became the ‘Perfect Villain’ for Voting Conspiracists | The New York Times
by Susan Dominus
August 27, 2021
It was already late on Nov. 9 when Eric Coomer, then the director of product strategy and security for Dominion…
Twitter flagged Donald Trump’s tweets with election misinformation: They continued to spread both on and off the platform | HKS Misinformation Review
by Zeve Sanderson, Jonathan Nagler, Megan A. Brown, Joshua A. Tucker, and Richard Bonneau
August 24, 2021
We analyze the spread of Donald Trump’s tweets that were flagged by Twitter using two intervention strategies—attaching a warning label…
Election Officials Still Face Death Threats And Conspiracies | NPR
by Miles Parks
August 18, 2021
It's been more than nine months since Election Day 2020, but as the nation's top election officials met in Iowa…
The Arizona “audit” is wrapping up. Prepare for disinformation. | Vox
by Aaron Rupar
August 9, 2021
Cyber Ninjas — the company running the GOP’s so-called “audit” of the 2020 election results in Maricopa County, Arizona —…
False Election Audit Claims Surge on Facebook | Tech Transparency Project
by Tech Transparency Project
August 6, 2021
Facebook is allowing false claims about the election “audit” in Arizona to run rampant on its platform, much of it…
Opinion: The Arizona ‘audit’ is a big problem. Online disinformation will make it worse. | The Washington Post
by Greg Sargent
August 6, 2021
It is obvious to anyone who is paying attention that the sham “audit” of 2020 votes underway in Arizona is…