Stay ConnectedIn the digital era, information and the social media platforms used to spread it have become weapons of choice for those seeking to short circuit American democracy. Yahoo News’ new weekly podcast Bots & Ballots explores the intersection of politics and technology as told by those in Washington, DC, and Silicon Valley trying to prevent a repeat of the infiltration of the 2016 presidential election.
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The networks that pushed fake news in 2016 didn't go away in 2018, but they did change.
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See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.Howard Dean on why the next Democratic nominee for president should be under 55 and how the party can catch up on technology.
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See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.Our elections aren't secure, but that's not the worst news. There's also an effort to make us doubt the results of our own elections.
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See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.Joe Hall is the Chief Technologist at Center for Democracy & Technology, an organization that promotes free expression online, privacy and tries to put controls on government surveillance.
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See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info."Donald Trump will be the last human president," Scott Adams Tweeted recently. The Dilbert cartoonist talks about Google, Facebook and Twitter and why he thinks the companies are too liberal.
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See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.Do conservatives have legitimate complaints about the social networks or are they merely gaming the refs by pretending they do? A fact-check of a Think Progress article has liberals crying foul.
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