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Donald Trump rebukes Joe Biden for staying in Delaware as Democratic convention kicks off

President Trump chastised Democratic challenger Joseph R. Biden for staying away from Wisconsin as the Democratic National Convention kicks off on Monday.

August 17, 2020

Donald Trump closes gap on Joe Biden in new CNN national poll

President Trump is gaining ground in the 2020 presidential race against Democratic challenger Joseph R. Biden in a new national poll of registered voters from CNN published on Sunday night.

August 17, 2020

TikTok employees organizing lawsuit against Trump’s ban

TikTok's U.S. employees are organizing a lawsuit against President Trump's executive order that the workers think would bar the China-owned video app from paying them.

August 14, 2020

Big Tech meets with federal law enforcement and intel agencies to prepare for election chaos

Federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies have enlisted Big Tech executives to help fight influence operations aimed at the election and to help prepare for the upcoming Democratic and Republican National Conventions that will be held largely online.

August 13, 2020

Acronym 2020 election influence operation foiled by Facebook political content crackdown

Facebook has imposed new rules to limit the reach of political groups that disguise their content as coming from local newsrooms, a crackdown that hits political ads from both the left and the right but in particular targets a big liberal advocacy group.

August 12, 2020

Club for Growth attack ad targets Joe Biden agenda for education

The low-tax, small-government advocates at Club for Growth is starting an advertising campaign attacking presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden's education agenda for shunning school choice. It's a far cry from the supply-side issues Club for Growth usually trumpets, but the conservative group, which once opposed President Trump, is hammering his critics this election year.

August 11, 2020

Big Tech companies blames technical errors for invading users’ privacy

Big Tech has largely settled on a single explanation to excuse its invasions of users' privacy: Technical errors.

August 11, 2020

Intelligence community investing in tools to monitor ‘unsavory’ speech online

The intelligence community once considered investing in Twitter but ultimately decided not to and has since built up an investment portfolio of companies that analyze social media.

August 10, 2020

Republican AGs say Adobe censored their ad campaign against ‘defund the police’ movement

The Republican Attorneys General Association said Friday that Adobe has blocked the GOP group from running ads on its platform that oppose efforts to defund the police nationwide.

August 7, 2020

YouTube takes down 2,500 video channels linked to Chinese influence ops on coronavirus, protests

YouTube detected an uptick in China-linked "coordinated influence operations" and tore down more than 2,500 video channels in 2020's second quarter.

August 6, 2020

State Dept. offers $10 million reward for info on cyberattackers targeting US elections

The State Department is offering rewards of up to $10 million for information on cybercriminals looking to interfere in the 2020 election at the direction of a foreign government.

August 6, 2020

Club for Growth spending $5 million on anti-Biden ad campaign

The conservative Club for Growth said Thursday it will spend $5 million on ads attacking presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden in Arizona, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

August 6, 2020

Cybersecurity professionals: Upcoming elections vulnerable to hackers

Cybersecurity professionals are warning that hackers can upend the November elections.

August 5, 2020

Google’s data collection practices to undergo more scrutiny

Amid an onslaught of lawsuits alleging it has spied on its users, Google is facing new scrutiny about whether it uses the private data it collects to best its competitors and could be hit with more litigation.

August 4, 2020

Planned Parenthood targets Susan Collins with $1.7 million voter turnout plan

Planned Parenthood will spend $1.7 million funding a new voter turnout effort in Maine aimed at defeating Sen. Susan Collins.

August 4, 2020

Protect Our Police PAC says its raised $750K in the first three weeks

A pro-police political action committee formed by former officers said Monday it has raised $750,000 in its first three weeks.

August 3, 2020

ByteDance ordered to divest TikTok U.S. operations by foreign investment committee

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States has directed the Chinese-owned ByteDance to divest TikTok's U.S. operations, according to ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming.

August 3, 2020

Big Tech companies insist spying on users, government is inadvertent

Social media apps on your phone have spied on you, the government and on competitor applications, though Big Tech insists the snooping is inadvertent or an innocent mistake.

August 2, 2020

Trump says he’ll act to ban TikTok in US as soon as Saturday

President Trump said he plans to ban Chinese-owned TikTok, a popular app, from the United States as soon as Saturday.

July 31, 2020

Judicial Conference scraps proposed ban on judges’ Federalist Society, American Constitution Society

The federal judiciary's policymaking body will not seek to ban federal judges from belonging to the right-leaning Federalist Society or the left-leaning American Constitution Society, according to a letter sent to federal judges Thursday.

July 31, 2020