Senate panel approves legislation requiring campaigns to report foreign election help

The Senate Intelligence Committee quietly approved on Wednesday a measure that would require presidential campaigns to report offers of foreign election influence to federal authorities, a move taken in response to Russian election interference in 2016 and one that could draw the attention of Presid

Source: Senate panel approves legislation requiring campaigns to report foreign election help

Democrats push election security bill amid impeachment

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats unveiled broad legislation Tuesday to protect the country’s elections as they investigate whether President Donald Trump inappropriately solicited foreign election help from Ukraine ahead of the 2020 vote.

Source: Democrats push election security bill amid impeachment

Bipartisan Senate report calls for sweeping effort to prevent Russian interference in 2020 election

A bipartisan panel of U.S.

Source: Bipartisan Senate report calls for sweeping effort to prevent Russian interference in 2020 election

Russia Targeted Elections Systems in All 50 States, Report Finds

WASHINGTON — The Senate Intelligence Committee concluded Thursday that election systems in all 50 states were targeted by Russia in 2016, an effort more far-reaching than previously acknowledged and one largely undetected by the states and federal officials at the time.

Source: Russia Targeted Elections Systems in All 50 States, Report Finds

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The Latest Bombshell: How Dark Money From Hostile States Has Entered Our Elections

In a time of deafening media noise, momentous revelations slip through unnoticed, none more explosive than a recent report under the venerable Atlantic Council's auspices. The subject concerns foreign dark money insidiously influencing our elections. And it's a rock-hard stick of dynamite.

Source: The Latest Bombshell: How Dark Money From Hostile States Has Entered Our Elections

The Latest Bombshell: How Dark Money From Hostile States Has Entered Our Elections

In a time of deafening media noise, momentous revelations slip through unnoticed, none more explosive than a recent report under the venerable Atlantic Council's auspices. The subject concerns foreign dark money insidiously influencing our elections. And it's a rock-hard stick of dynamite.

Source: The Latest Bombshell: How Dark Money From Hostile States Has Entered Our Elections

Executive Order on Imposing Certain Sanctions in the Event of Foreign Interference in a United States Election

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.

Source: Executive Order on Imposing Certain Sanctions in the Event of Foreign Interference in a United States Election

A Senator Claims That Russian Hackers Are In Florida's Voter Systems. Local Officials Are Skeptical.

Sen. Bill Nelson said Russian hackers are "right now" in Florida computers, but state election officials say they've heard nothing from the federal government.

Source: A Senator Claims That Russian Hackers Are In Florida's Voter Systems. Local Officials Are Skeptical.

Russian Hackers Targeted The Most Vulnerable Part Of U.S. Elections. Again.

When Russian hackers targeted the staff of Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., they took aim at maybe the most vulnerable sector of U.S. elections: campaigns.

Source: Russian Hackers Targeted The Most Vulnerable Part Of U.S. Elections. Again.

Indicted Russian firm says it was backing free political speech, not disrupting 2016 election

A Russian company accused of bankrolling a massive online operation to disrupt the 2016 presidential election argued Monday that it had broken no federal laws, that it was merely supporting free political speech and that the fraud charge against it should be thrown out.

Source: Indicted Russian firm says it was backing free political speech, not disrupting 2016 election

5 things we learned from Mueller’s new Russia indictment

Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s indictment of 12 Russian officials Friday revealed a host of new information on Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election.

Source: 5 things we learned from Mueller’s new Russia indictment

5 Reasons Not to Feed the Russian Troll Hysteria

Federal prosecutors have filed charges against 13 Russians who allegedly sought to "sow discord in the U.S. political system" through social media posts, ads, and videos falsely presented as the work of Americans.

Source: 5 Reasons Not to Feed the Russian Troll Hysteria

Will new Facebook scandal finally force tech CEOs to testify on 'information warfare'?

Russia never would have been able to conduct “information warfare” against the United States in the way it did in the 2016 presidential election without Facebook, Twitter and Google.

Source: Will new Facebook scandal finally force tech CEOs to testify on 'information warfare'?

Don't Let the Russia Story Obscure the Campaign Finance Reform We So Desperately Need

The Federal Election Commission issued proposals this week for new rules to improve the disclosure of political ads online, spurred by the revelation last year that Russian government operatives purchased online ads in their attempt to influence the 2016 elections.

Source: Don't Let the Russia Story Obscure the Campaign Finance Reform We So Desperately Need

FEC probes whether NRA got illegal Russian donations

The Federal Election Commission has launched a preliminary investigation into whether Russian entities gave illegal contributions to the National Rifle Association that were intended to benefit the Trump campaign during the 2016 presidential election, according

Source: FEC probes whether NRA got illegal Russian donations

U.S. intel: Russia compromised seven states prior to 2016 election

The U.S. intelligence community developed substantial evidence that state websites or voter registration systems in seven states were compromised by Russian-backed covert operatives prior to the 2016 election — but never told the states involved, according to multiple U.S. officials.

Source: U.S. intel: Russia compromised seven states prior to 2016 election

Facebook will verify the location of US election ad buyers by mailing them postcards

Facebook’s global director of policy programs says it will start sending postcards by snail mail to verify buyers of ads related to United States elections.

Source: Facebook will verify the location of US election ad buyers by mailing them postcards

The Campaign Finance Loophole That Could Make the Next Russian Attack Perfectly Legal

The Mueller indictment of 13 Russian nationals for interfering with the 2016 U.S.presidential election offers a remarkably detailed account of a complex plot to sow discord and influence the presidential contest in favor of Donald Trump.

Source: The Campaign Finance Loophole That Could Make the Next Russian Attack Perfectly Legal

The Troll Farm: What We Know About 13 Russians Indicted by the U.S.

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Operating from St. Petersburg, they churned out falsehoods on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube. They promoted Donald J. Trump and denigrated Hillary Clinton. They stole the identities of American citizens.

Source: The Troll Farm: What We Know About 13 Russians Indicted by the U.S.