Tag: Russia
Voter manipulation on social media now a global problem, report finds
New research by the Oxford Internet Institute has found that social media manipulation is getting worse, with rising numbers of governments and political parties...
Police hijack a botnet and remotely kill 850,000 malware infections
In a rare feat, French police have hijacked and neutralized a massive cryptocurrency mining botnet controlling close to a million infected computers. The notorious Retadup...
Splyt wants to connect the world’s ride-hailing apps for easy international...
The vision of a universal global ride-hailing service is over. Uber’s decision to exit markets like China, Southeast Asia and Russia coupled with the...
Facebook under pressure over Soros smear tactics
Facebook is facing calls to conduct an external investigation into its own lobbying and PR activities by an aide to billionaire George Soros.
BuzzFeed reports...
Facebook rebuttal claims ‘inaccuracies’ in scathing New York Times investigation
A highly detailed investigation by the New York Times has again raised questions about Facebook’s response to the Russian manipulation, fake news, and hate...
Zuckerberg rejects facetime call for answers from five parliaments
Facebook has declined once again to send its CEO to the UK parliament — this time turning down an invitation to face questions from...
In its first cyberoperation against Russian trolls, U.S. takes a gentle...
Russia has been blamed for shutting down power grids, hacking into critical systems, and more recently launching a massive misinformation campaign aimed at meddling...
Khashoggi’s fate shows the flip side of the surveillance state
It’s been over five years since NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden lifted the lid on government mass surveillance programs, revealing, in unprecedented detail, quite how...
Vladimir Putin Drives His Limo on F1 track with Egyptian President
If you think only the Indian Prime Minister knows the unique way to treat his other counterparts when they visit our country, Vladimir Putin might...
Justice Department files criminal charges against seven Russian spies over Fancy...
U.S. prosecutors have charged seven suspects accused of working for the Russian GRU, the country’s military intelligence unit. The Justice Department’s National Security Division alleged...
