Tag: ELECTION 2020

Facebook Can’t Fix What It Won’t Admit To

I told Zuckerberg that right now my News Feed is basically … Trump, Trump, Trump, married, Trump, baby, Trump. I wondered how much of...

Report: Facebook Tweaked News Feed After Election Day To Elevate Established News Outlets

Topline Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly authorized temporary tweaks to the Facebook algorithm in the days following the U.S. presidential election that elevated content...

FBI Investigating Threats Against Georgia Election Officials

Topline The Federal Bureau Of Investigation and Georgia law enforcement are looking into threats against Georgia’s top election officials, Deputy Secretary of State Jordan...

What Happened to the Deepfake Threat to the Election?

At a hearing of the House Intelligence Committee in June 2019, experts warned of the democracy-distorting potential of videos generated by artificial intelligence,...

8 Essential Questions Ahead of Election Day 2020

The role of social media platforms in distributing fake news and facilitating political ads aimed at voter suppression is a big reason why they’re...

As Cars Get Smarter, Massachusetts Voters May Shape Their Future

And then there is Chapter 93J of the Massachusetts general law. Back in 2012, the state voted 87 percent in favor of a right-to-repair...

Why Are Lines at Polling Places So Long? Math

Mark Pelczarski was ready to retire. This was 2011; he was teaching computer science in Chicago by then, but that was really just the...

Quantum Computing Is Bigger Than Donald Trump

Just this week the Senate had a hearing, ostensibly about speech on internet platforms. But what the hearing was really about was our continuing...

Big Tech’s Election Plans Have a Blind Spot: Influencers

In the months before the 2016 election, Samuel Woolley worried a lot about bots being used to hijack political conversation online. Woolley, the...

Mark Kelly’s Been To Space. Can He Make it to Capitol Hill?

But even though Glenn hadn’t spent time in office, he did have a lot of skills that are useful for statecraft. “He was a...

Biden Announces $383 Million Raised In September, Beating His Record August Haul

Topline The Biden campaign on Wednesday announced yet another record-breaking fundraising haul in September – a month that saw several events boost liberal fundraising –...

VIDEO: Kanye West Encourages Voters to Write Him in for President

Kanye 2020 Kanye West posted a presidential ad on October 12, 2020. Kanye West has released a video encouraging voters to either vote for him or...

Facebook Tweaked Its Rules, but You Can Still Target Voters

Facebook said on Wednesday it will temporarily suspend political advertising after Election Day, November 3. It’s the latest in a series of moves...

Why The Proposed Mega-Merger Of Energy Giants NextEra And Duke Is Unlikely To Succeed

Signage stands outside the Duke Energy Corp. Gallagher Station power plant in New Albany, Indiana, ... U.S., on...

Why Any More Presidential Debates Should Be Entirely About COVID-19

The Presidential and VP debates so far have covered a lot of important topics. Realistically, however, a responsible President will need to spend most of...

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