Sheera Frenkel

December 17, 2018 at 5:24 am

Russian effort to influence 2016 U.S. election targeted African Americans, new report says

The New Knowledge report, which was obtained by The New York Times in advance of its scheduled release Monday, is one of two commissioned by...

• Nation & World

November 4, 2018 at 8:27 pm

Cybersecurity experts expect interference, but not a repeat of 2016

WASHINGTON — Shane Huntley has seen every form of state-sponsored cyberattack, first as an Australian intelligence officer and now as director of Google’s most advanced...

• Nation & World

August 26, 2018 at 12:00 am

How FireEye helped Facebook spot a disinformation campaign

Long in the business of discovering and fending off hacking attempts and all sorts of malware, security companies have expanded their focus to the disinformation...

• Business

July 27, 2018 at 10:31 am

Microsoft employees question CEO over company’s contract with ICE

Employees presented chief executive Satya Nadella with a petition signed by more than 300,000 people that called on the software maker to cancel its contract...

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• Microsoft

July 17, 2018 at 7:22 pm

Trump No. 1 in buying political ads on Facebook

The ads bought by Trump and his PAC were also seen the most by Facebook’s users, having been viewed by at least 37 million people...

• Nation & World

June 19, 2018 at 5:21 pm

Microsoft employees protest company’s work with ICE

An open letter posted internally and signed by more than 100 workers said Microsoft should cancel its contract with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency,...

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April 10, 2018 at 3:51 pm

Fact check: What Zuckerberg said about Facebook, data and elections

Here are some of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s claims, as well as some claims from the lawmakers, which are fact-checked.

• Nation & World

February 19, 2018 at 8:38 pm

After Florida shooting, Russian bots pounce to divide a hurting nation

Some accounts adopted the hashtag #guncontrolnow. Others used #gunreformnow and #Parklandshooting. Earlier on Wednesday, before the shooting, many of those accounts had been focused on...

• Nation & World

January 2, 2018 at 6:57 pm

Iranian officials block access to social-media tools

Telegram, a messaging app widely used in Iran, has been blocked since Dec. 31, while internet access has been sporadically cut off to several cities...

• Nation & World

November 19, 2017 at 12:00 am

Expert on bots and social-media manipulation hopes people are finally listening

In Person | Renee DiResta and a small band of others interested in disinformation became advisers to Congress after the 2016 election.

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