A voter leaves a voting booth at The Barn at Bull Meadow in Concord, New Hampshire, during voting for the New Hampshire Primary on January 23, 2024. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP) House Republicans propose eliminating funding for election security In a party-line vote, House appropriators voted to slash funding for the Election Assistance Commission and scrap federal election security grants. Jun 5, 2024 By Derek B. Johnson
People in Buenos Aires, Argentina, walk past electoral posters made with artificial intelligence of presidential candidate Sergio Massa on Oct. 3, 2023. (JUAN MABROMATA / AFP) How AI will change democracy Artificial intelligence is coming for our democratic politics, from how politicians campaign to how the legal system functions. Feature May 28, 2024 By Bruce Schneier
Supporters demonstrate at a Joe Biden Write-In Rally in Manchester, New Hampshire, on January 20, 2024. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP) New Hampshire authorities charge Democratic operative behind Biden AI robocall Steve Kramer has been indicted for 13 counts of felony voter suppression and 13 misdemeanor counts of impersonating a political candidate. May 23, 2024 By Derek B. Johnson
Safe Mode Byron Tau on data brokers; US sanctions, indicts Chinese hackers Byron Tau, Journalist and Author of "Means of Control: How the Hidden Alliance of Tech and Government Is Creating a New American Surveillance State" Mar 28, 2024 By CyberScoop Staff Elias Groll
Supporters of President Joe Biden greet voters on January 23, 2024 in Loudon, New Hampshire. Three New Hampshire voters sued a Democratic operative who admitted to creating an fake AI-generated robocall of President Joe Biden, as well as two companies that allegedly helped. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) New Hampshire voters sue operative, companies behind Biden AI robocall The complaint argues that the calls were an illegal attempt at voter suppression under the Voting Rights Act and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. Mar 14, 2024 By Derek B. Johnson
In this photo illustration, Open AI’s newly released text-to-video “Sora” tool is advertised on their website on a monitor in Washington, DC, on February 16, 2024. (Photo by Drew Angerer / AFP) Tech companies pledge to protect 2024 elections from AI-generated media Twenty major tech companies committed to policies that make it harder for bad actors to leverage AI to influence elections Feb 16, 2024 By Derek B. Johnson
Chris Krebs, the former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, gives an opening statement during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing to discuss election security and the 2020 election process on Wednesday, December 16, 2020. The 2024 race promises to be ‘very, very active’ in terms of foreign and domestic meddling, says former CISA chief Chris Krebs said he expects to see Russia, China and Iran — and even domestic groups — attempt to influence and disrupt the presidential race. Jun 1, 2023 By Elias Groll
Photo by Scott Eisen/Getty Images Rethinking democracy for the age of AI We need to recreate our system of governance for an era in which transformative technologies pose catastrophic risks as well as great promise. Feature May 10, 2023 By Bruce Schneier
Russian President Vladimir Putin answers questions from Russian and foreign internet users during a live press conference on July 6, 2006. (DENIS SINYAKOV/AFP via Getty Images) It’s time to focus on information warfare’s hard questions Our collective obsession with information operations are distracting from more fundamental questions about online influence. Jan 5, 2023 By Gavin Wilde
Stickers on the ballot box at a polling place during early voting on October 25, 2022 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) Americans should be ready — and watching — for Russian meddling in the midterms and beyond Considering Putin’s threats against the West, it is unlikely Moscow will waive an opportunity to undermine the U.S. during election season. Oct 27, 2022 By Bilyana Lilly