Ryan Lovelace

Facebook using ‘Votes Are Still Being Counted’ notifications to counter Trump claims

Social media platforms moved quickly to counteract President Trump's assertion that he thought he won the 2020 election with a series of notifications, tags, and labels on their platforms.

November 4, 2020

Federal judge questions TikTok lawyers over data privacy protections and regulations

A federal judge grilled lawyers for TikTok and its China-based owner, ByteDance, on Wednesday about whether the popular social media app would accept any restrictions on how it maintains American users' data.

November 4, 2020

Trump warns Democrats are ‘trying to steal the election’

President Trump early Wednesday declared himself up big in the presidential race and accused his political rivals of "trying to STEAL the Election."

November 4, 2020

Joe Biden wins Maryland: AP projects

Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden won Maryland over President Trump, with fewer than 1% of the vote reporting per the Associated Press' projection.

November 3, 2020

Joe Biden wins Virginia, AP projects

Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden won Virginia over President Trump, with approximately 9% of the vote reporting per the Associated Press' projection

November 3, 2020

Mark Warner reelected to Senate, defeats Daniel Gade

Sen. Mark Warner has won reelection to the U.S. Senate in Virginia over GOP challenger Daniel Gade, per the Associated Press' projection.

November 3, 2020

Erroneous Instagram notifications on election are a caching issue, company says

Instagram said that a caching issue has caused some users to see notifications saying "Tomorrow Is Election Day" on Tuesday.

November 3, 2020

DHS officials: No indication of successful foreign interference in elections

Department of Homeland Security officials said Tuesday morning that the federal government is confident that the nation's voting systems are secure and unaffected by foreign interference, but they cautioned that America's adversaries may still attempt to create problems.

November 3, 2020

Leftist activists plan unrest in D.C., warn of a potential Trump coup after the election

Leftist activists are promising, in plans published online, to wreak havoc in the streets of Washington if President Trump refuses to abide by the results of Tuesday's presidential election.

November 2, 2020

Twitter details plan to crack down on accounts claiming election results too soon

Twitter said Monday it will crack down on accounts claiming to know the results of Tuesday's elections before the criterion outlined by the social media platform for verifying an election's result is met.

November 2, 2020

Election integrity group to spend $6 mil. on post-election campaign focused on vote-counting

Political ad spending will not end when Election Day does. The National Council on Election Integrity, a group organized by campaign finance watchdog Issue One, said Monday it will spend $6 million on an advocacy campaign focused on the post-election period to ensure every vote is counted.

November 2, 2020

42,000 ‘Election Protection’ volunteers to help voters report intimidation on Election Day

The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law said it's leading a coalition that has launched 30 call centers to assist voters and help them report intimidation at the polls.

November 2, 2020

New York Post Twitter account restored

Twitter said Friday evening that it restored the New York Post's ability to tweet following a change to the policy that the social media giant used to justify restrictions placed on the Post's account.

October 30, 2020

Fauci cautions parents against letting children celebrate Halloween without masks

Dr. Anthony Fauci is cautioning parents against letting their children trick-or-treat on Halloween this weekend unless the kids are sporting a mask as part of their costume.

October 30, 2020

Facebook political ad restriction causes tech glitches, confusion

Facebook's decision to restrict new political and issue ads in the final week before Election Day caused technical glitches and confused political campaigns.

October 30, 2020

Families of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd rally to get-out-the-vote in Chicago

The families of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Alvin Cole, and Jacob Blake rallied in Chicago to turn out voters in next week's election.

October 29, 2020

Wisconsin GOP hacked, $2.3 million taken

An October heist of GOP resources in the battleground state of Wisconsin may upend the 2020 race for the White House.

October 29, 2020

2020 election to be twice as expensive as ‘16, political spending to hit $14 billion: Report

The 2020 election will be more than twice as expensive as 2016, according to a new analysis from the Center for Responsive Politics. The total amount of political spending is expected to hit $14 billion in 2020, with Democratic candidates and groups overwhelmingly spending the most.

October 29, 2020

Democrats accuse Republicans of intimidating Big Tech execs at hearing to help win 2020 election

Senate Democrats blasted Republican lawmakers' grilling of the CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter on Wednesday as an attempt to intimidate the Big Tech titans into helping the GOP win next week's election.

October 28, 2020

Cruz and Jack Dorsey clash over crackdown on anti-Biden stories at Senate hearing

Sen. Ted Cruz clashed with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey over the social media platform's restriction of news stories involving Hunter Biden's emails that reflect poorly on the presidential campaign of his father, Democratic nominee Joseph R. Biden.

October 28, 2020