From Midterms to What?
Tuesday, November 13, 2018
November 2018
Daily Digest 11/13/2018
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 11/13/2018 - 12:29Op-ed
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Daily Digest 11/13/2018 (Trump Midterm and More)
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Tue, 11/13/2018
Tuesday, November 13, 2018
Russian Hackers Largely Skipped the Midterms, and No One Really Knows Why
After unleashing widespread cyberattacks and disinformation warfare on the US during the 2016 presidential election, Russia’s trolls and hackers mostly appeared to have sat on the sidelines during the campaign ahead of the midterm elections. No one is sure why. Several factors may have reduced Moscow’s impact. Clint Watts, a senior fellow with the Foreign Policy Research Institute, said the diffuse nature of congressional and state races makes them a harder target than a single presidential election.
Facebook Failed to Police How Its Partners Handled User Data
Facebook failed to closely monitor device makers after granting them access to the personal data of hundreds of millions of people, according to a previously unreported disclosure to Congress. Facebook’s loose oversight of the partnerships was detected by the company’s government-approved privacy monitor in 2013. But it was never revealed to Facebook users, most of whom had not explicitly given the company permission to share their information. Details of those oversight practices were revealed in a letter Facebook sent in Oct 2018 to Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR).
34 Civil Rights, Consumer, and Privacy Organizations Unite to Release Principles for Privacy Legislation
34 civil rights, consumer, and privacy organizations join in releasing public interest principles for privacy legislation, because the public needs and deserves strong and comprehensive federal legislation to protect their privacy and afford meaningful redress.