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The 2022 US Midterm Elections’ Top Security Issue: Death Threats
In the lead-up to the 2018 midterm elections in the United States, law enforcement, intelligence, and election officials were on…
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Have Pollsters Cleaned Up Their Act in Time for the Midterms?
The other important thing I’ll say is, if the Comey quote is true, then actually he needed to listen to…
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How the Philippine Election Showed YouTube Can Rewrite the Past
There’s a lot of historical disinformation, and it’s one of the biggest issues in the Philippines. This ranges from outright…
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An Amazon Union Election Stalls As Ballots Are Challenged
After the vote count was announced Thursday, the outcome of the election to unionize Amazon’s Bessemer, Alabama warehouse still hung…
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FEC Says Foreign Donors Can Now Throw Money at U.S. Ballot Initiatives
Photo: ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP (Getty Images) In a move that can only signal good things to come, the Federal…
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Facebook Quietly Makes a Big Admission
Back in February, Facebook announced a little experiment. It would reduce the amount of political content shown to a subset…
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Gavin Newsom’s Recall Election Divides Silicon Valley’s Elite
Silicon Valley is a famously left-leaning place. Technologists have been known to spend their riches advancing gender equality or eradicating…
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AT&T, Comcast, Verizon, and Charter Donated to Anti-Voting Politicians
Photo: Mark Lennihan (AP) Corporations have long vied to cultivate brands that consumers will—at the very least—perceive as “socially responsible.”…
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iScanner Uses Your Phone’s Camera to Count A Pile of Objects
Screenshot: Andrew Liszewski/Gizmodo If you’re reading this, you’ve probably already mastered the skill of counting. But just because something is…
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