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Salesforce employees ask CEO to reconsider contract with border protection agency (USAToday)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 06/26/2018 - 16:19Obama cybersecurity czar: Russian hackers likely scanned election systems in all 50 states
Russian hackers likely scanned the election systems of all 50 states for vulnerabilities in 2016 — not just the 21 states confirmed as targets by homeland security officials in 2017, said Michael Daniel, the cybersecurity czar for former President Barack Obama, to the Senate Intelligence Committee. Daniel said that the federal government should invest more money in cybersecurity for state election systems.
More Netflix rivals are about to launch thanks to the AT&T-Time Warner merger (USAToday)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Fri, 06/15/2018 - 14:50Do new unlimited plans from Sprint, Verizon signal start of a new cell-phone price war? (USAToday)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 06/14/2018 - 17:17Sprint's new $15 per month unlimited offer hopes to lure in switchers (USAToday)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 06/07/2018 - 13:24Russian Facebook ads inflamed Hispanic tensions over immigration after Trump election (USAToday)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Fri, 05/25/2018 - 10:43News publishers protest Facebook's new political ad rules
Major news organizations raised objections to Facebook's plans to treat ads promoting political news coverage the same as political advocacy ads. Under changes Facebook will roll out May 22 aimed at combating the spread of political misinformation, all Facebook ads featuring political content will get a “Paid for by” label and would carry a disclaimer. Publishers say these new rules are too broad. These political messaging labels would also appear on "sponsored" posts that news organizations buy to amplify the reach of an article or video on the political news of the day.