The controversy over the British-based data mining company is reverberating in India, due for elections next year
Spying and Privacy articles on Democracy Chronicles
This Spying and Privacy section concerns how these two issues impact freedom of speech and democracy in general. The modern technology we rely on has complicated the struggle to protect citizens from government overreach, especially following increased concerns of surveillance of domestic communications. Also see our entire section on Election Technology or our articles on Technology Dissidents like Eric Snowden and Julian Assange.
Kenyans questioning Cambridge Analytica’s influence on 2017 vote
On Kenyan social media, voters saw plenty of attack ads against opposition candidate Raila Odinga
Why we need a system to audit elections in the US
Secretary of Homeland Security acknowledged there’s a problem with making sure election results are genuine
Revealed: Russia used Tumblr for 2016 election disinformation
Tumblr announced Friday the blogging platform was used by a shadowy Russian internet group to spread disinformation
Facebook in American elections, from Obama to Trump
The use of Facebook data to target voters has triggered global outrage with the Cambridge Analytica scandal
Few of the States Prepped by Feds on Election Security
Just 20 state officials out of 150 have received security clearance to view classified information about vulnerabilities
Cambridge Analytica Was Active in Multiple African Elections
Long before its controversial roles in the UK and the US, Cambridge Analytica influenced elections in Africa
How Canada is preventing social media from interfering in elections
Canada’s major political parties are making use of online advertising as much as anyone else
Is Facebook killing democracy with its personality profiling data?
The company is worth billions of dollars because it harvests your data and sells it to advertisers
Senate Intelligence Committee on US Election Hacking Launched
The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee recommended Tuesday that Congress “urgently pass” legislation to bolster federal help to states