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March 2019

Fearful of fake news blitz, US Census enlists help of tech giants

The US Census Bureau has asked tech giants Google, Facebook and Twitter to help it fend off “fake news” campaigns it fears could disrupt the upcoming 2020 count.  The push follows warnings from data and cybersecurity experts dating back to 2016 that right-wing groups and foreign actors may borrow the “fake news” playbook from the last presidential election to dissuade immigrants from participating in the decennial count. Apparently, evidence has included increasing chatter on platforms like “4chan” by domestic and foreign networks keen to undermine the survey.

PBS chief: ‘I wish I knew’ why President Trump wants to defund us

For the third year in a row, the Trump Administration’s proposed federal budget would zero-out funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. And PBS President and CEO Paula Kerger doesn’t understand why.  “I wish I knew,” Kerger said. “I don’t understand why we seem to be perennially in this fight.” “I see the impact our local stations have in communities; red states, blue states. I see the work that our stations are doing for advancing civil conversation,” Kerger said.

Action Needed to Strengthen Oversight of Consumer Reporting Agencies

[Prepared statement before the House Economic and Consumer Policy Subcommittee]

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