Step back; this one’s going to be big. Two senators say their identities were stolen in fake net neutrality comments to the FCC, and a Former Lawmaker Says His Emails Were Hacked In 2016. Meanwhile, Campaigns are on their own as cyber threats roil midterms. Russian Hackers’ New Target: a...
Read More »The latest digital politics news and perspective, including a highlight or two from late 2017. Send in good stories as you see them! Just email me or send a tweet. Russia pushes more ‘deep state’ hashtags. “Following the success of #ReleaseTheMemo, Russian-influenced Twitter accounts...
Read More »The latest digital politics news and perspective, including a few highlights from late 2017. Send in good stories as you see them! Just email me or send a tweet. Facebook Overhauls News Feed to Focus on What Friends and Family Share. C.f. Facebook Finally Blinks. Also check out Beth...
Read More »Happy 4th! When Quick Hits returns from a long vacation, you KNOW it’s a day to celebrate. Jon Ossoff, The Congressional Candidate Social Media Built. C.f. How the Democrats’ Online Strategy Went Haywire. On Ossoff and emails, via Shaun Dakin. Inside Cory Booker’s social media...
Read More »The British are frantically Googling what the E.U. is, hours after voting to leave it. So much for an informed electorate. Update: A post-referendum “Remain” petition apparently crashed the British Parliament’s petition site. Collective second thoughts? Hillary Clinton Launches...
Read More »Update: Orlando shooter inspired by Islamic extremist information shared online, President Barack Obama says. Update: Orlando shooting exposes Donald Trump’s biggest weakness: A total lack of empathy. Tweets from the Id. Update: Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick deletes “reap what you sow”...
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