Two political strategists warned voters Tuesday that every network of fake accounts Meta took down this year used artificial intelligence.
Communications strategist Will Robinson and Tim Chambers, who leads Dewey Square Group’s U.S. digital practice, write that the old giveaways of a foreign operation, the poor grammar and the stock photos, are gone. No cyberattack has ever changed a vote count in the United States, but they argue that changing one isn’t the point. The target is what voters believe about the count.
They also write that foreign operators have spent a decade going after the voter directly, while the federal offices that used to guard elections against them have been dismantled or weakened. So they built a checklist. It starts with turning on two-factor authentication and ends with monitoring results past midnight on election night, because the hours when margins move and nothing is certified are when the doubt gets planted.
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Source: Mediaite
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Source: The Associated Press
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Source: Axios
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Federal Election Commission restores its campaign finance filing system after a nearly two-day outage Reuters tied to a hacking attempt, six days before the midterms.
Source: The Hill
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Federal judge refuses the Justice Department’s bid to set aside 20,000 California ballots, writing that democracy is “in danger” if unproven claims can discount votes.
Source: NPR
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Minneapolis-area prosecutor charges Project Veritas founder O’Keefe and an associate with unlawful voting, saying they used real voters’ names, including dead ones, at primary polls.
Source: KARE Minneapolis
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North Dakota Supreme Court unanimously rejects Republican officials’ bid to void four state House candidates’ potential wins, in a case filed after absentee voting began.
Source: The North Dakota Monitor
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Potter County, Texas, Republicans ask a Trump-appointed federal judge to order every Texas ballot hand counted before certification, offering no proof machines are vulnerable.
Source: The Texas Tribune
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Federal Reserve holds rates steady six days before midterms, as Governor Cook, whom Trump is trying to fire, casts her first dissent for a hike.
Source: CNBC
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Hacktivist group says it took phone numbers and emails of 41,000 DHS employees, including ICE staff, the latest in weeks of breaches at federal agencies.
Source: Politico
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Ocean County, New Jersey, launches a free 24/7 text line that needs no app or sign-up, connecting older and disabled residents to rides, meals, and housing help.
Source: Lakewood Alerts
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CNN, MS NOW, and Politico tell a judge they remain barred from Oval Office and Air Force One pools despite his orders restoring access.
Source: Reuters
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