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Elections: Security, Hacking, and Technology

This Dangerous Meme in US Politics Is Over a Century Old

This Dangerous Meme in US Politics Is Over a Century Old

WIRED Ideas

So, You Want Twitter to Stop Destroying Democracy

Ideas

So, You Want Twitter to Stop Destroying Democracy

Katherine Alejandra Cross

Kenya’s Threat to Ban Facebook Could Backfire

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Kenya’s Threat to Ban Facebook Could Backfire

Vittoria Elliott

The 2022 US Midterm Elections' Top Security Issue: Death Threats

Danger Zone

The 2022 US Midterm Elections' Top Security Issue: Death Threats

Lily Hay Newman

Have Pollsters Cleaned Up Their Act in Time for the Midterms?

Election 2022

Have Pollsters Cleaned Up Their Act in Time for the Midterms?

Gilad Edelman

Democracy Is Asking Too Much of Its Data

Ideas

Democracy Is Asking Too Much of Its Data

Dan Bouk

The January 6 Hearings Are Fighting for Your Attention

The Monitor

The January 6 Hearings Are Fighting for Your Attention

Angela Watercutter

Disinfo and Hate Speech Flood TikTok Ahead of Kenya’s Elections

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Disinfo and Hate Speech Flood TikTok Ahead of Kenya’s Elections

Vittoria Elliott

How YouTube Can Rewrite the Past and Shape an Election

WIRED Q&A

How YouTube Can Rewrite the Past and Shape an Election

Vittoria Elliott

Amazon Union Election Stalls As Ballots Are Challenged

Labor

Amazon Union Election Stalls As Ballots Are Challenged

Caitlin Harrington

The Infinite Reach of Joel Kaplan, Facebook’s Man in Washington

Talk Softly

The Infinite Reach of Joel Kaplan, Facebook’s Man in Washington

Benjamin Wofford

How Iran Tried to Undermine the 2020 US Presidential Election

interference

How Iran Tried to Undermine the 2020 US Presidential Election

Lily Hay Newman

Facebook Quietly Makes a Big Admission

Social Media

Facebook Quietly Makes a Big Admission

Gilad Edelman

Gavin Newsom’s Recall Election Divides Silicon Valley’s Elite

golden state

Gavin Newsom’s Recall Election Divides Silicon Valley’s Elite

Arielle Pardes

Ranked Choice Voting Reveals the Weird Math of Elections

Electoral Collage

Ranked Choice Voting Reveals the Weird Math of Elections

Adam Rogers

To Fight Online Misinformation, Criminalize Voter Suppression

Opinion

To Fight Online Misinformation, Criminalize Voter Suppression

J. Scott Babwah Brennen and Matt Perault

Microsoft’s Vote Tracking Software Clears a Major Hurdle

elections

Microsoft’s Vote Tracking Software Clears a Major Hurdle

Lily Hay Newman

Rumble Sends Viewers Tumbling Toward Misinformation

Ideas

Rumble Sends Viewers Tumbling Toward Misinformation

Wired Opinion

Hackers Hosed by Google Were a Counterterrorism Operation

security roundup

Hackers Hosed by Google Were a Counterterrorism Operation

Lily Hay Newman

Foreign Meddling Flooded the 2020 Election—but Not Hackers

interference

Foreign Meddling Flooded the 2020 Election—but Not Hackers

Andy Greenberg