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The pressure felt after election meddling from Russia, paranoia over cybersecurity from state actors, «America First» policies for U.S. industries, and a general distrust of China, has created a perfect storm against Huawei.
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The president said it was a «terrible mistake» for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to recuse himself from Mueller's investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 election.
On Thursday, facing mounting pressure on his company from Congress, the Justice Department and others, a very serious - looking Zuckerberg took to Facebook Live and pledged to take a range of actions to make sure future elections, in the U.S. and elsewhere, will be safe from clandestine meddling.
Ryan's retirement announcement was preceded by a string of tweets from Trump, who touched on subjects including special counsel Robert Mueller's probe of Russian election meddling and the response to a suspected chemical attack in Syria on Wednesday.
This year's F8 comes amid backlash against Facebook over user privacy and election meddling, following the Cambridge Analytica scandal, in which data from up to 87 million users was inappropriately obtained by a third party.
President Donald Trump lashed out at the «Fake News Media» in a series of tweets Saturday in which he distanced himself from special counsel Robert Mueller's ongoing investigation into Russia's meddling in the 2016 election.
In just a few months, we have learned that Flynn lied to Mike Pence, Vice President - elect, about obtaining a security clearance for Flynn's son during the presidential transition; that during the same period, as President Obama was imposing sanctions on Russia for election meddling, Flynn communicated with the Russian ambassador about those sanctions, hinting that President Trump would take a softer line, and then lied to Pence about it (and stood by while Pence publicly repeated that lie); that Flynn was not truthful when questioned by the FBI about the same topic; and that Flynn spoke at a gala for RT, the Kremlin - backed propaganda network and received payments from RT, but dissembled about the source of the payments and seems to have failed to follow U.S. regulations about reporting them.
«It doesn't do much as far as swinging the pendulum one way or the other, but what it does is directly call out Russia for meddling in the election cycle, which is a pretty bold statement from the US that hasn't been made in the past,» he said.
The FBI was acting as part of a probe related to Cohen by federal prosecutors in Manhattan, who were acting on a referral from special counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 election as well as potential collusion between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin.
His presidency has taken the world on a wild political rollercoaster: From the travel ban to the repeal of DACA, the firing James Comey, and the investigation into Russian meddling in the election — it's been quite a year.
The Southern District of New York reportedly initiated the Cohen raids after receiving a referral from Mueller, most likely because he uncovered evidence of wrongdoing related to Cohen that fell outside the purview of his investigation into Russia's meddling in the 2016 US election and whether the Trump campaign colluded with Moscow.
President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans have been relentless in pressuring Sessions to take a fresh look at Obama - era dealings, in an effort that Democrats contend is aimed at steering attention away from investigations into Trump campaign ties to Russian election meddling.
Lynch leaves office following a nearly two - year tenure marked by massacres carried out by violent extremists, including the shootings at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida; persistent hacking from overseas, including Russian government efforts to meddle in the U.S. presidential election; and an election - season investigation into Hillary Clinton's email server that entangled the Justice Department in presidential politics and led to criticism for her ill - timed meeting on an airport tarmac with former President Bill Clinton.
A little - known former prosecutor with a doctorate in medieval history will play a central role on U.S. President Donald Trump's legal team, as many top - tier lawyers shy away from representing him in a probe into Russia's meddling in the 2016 election.
Asked about reports from 16 US intelligence agencies that determined the Russians indeed meddled in the US election, the press secretary emphasized he had not spoken with Trump about the topic.
But Snap hopes a greater human element will help differentiate it from larger rival Facebook, whose own algorithms have created all sorts of controversies revolving around fake news, ad targeting, and election meddling.
This afternoon, members of the Senate will hear from Zuckerberg on data use, protection and privacy in the midst of the Cambridge Analytica scandal and Russian election meddling.
Here's how you get from Russian election meddling to North Korean meddling on a Fox News interview couch.
To apologize for Facebook's missteps, reassure Congress that Facebook intends to stop foreign powers from using its service to meddle in American elections and detail the company's plans to better protect its users» privacy.
(Perhaps the most unsatisfactory aspect of Comey's book, from the perspective of the left, is his explanation for this poor, ill - timed decision; but it's telling that Republicans are so interested in one form of election meddling but not another.)
Facebook Inc. hasn't been «fully forthcoming» as Congress probed Russia's attempted meddling in the 2016 presidential election, U.S. Senator Mark Warner of Virginia said Sunday as the social - media giant faced continued fallout from an ongoing data crisis.
Mark Zuckerberg has pledged to stop foreign operatives from meddling in U.S. elections but has admitted he's not sure whether Facebook can prevent the problems of the 2016 presidential campaign from recurring in this year's elections.
Bharara, constrained from endorsements and opining as a federal prosecutor, has let his hair down on Twitter in recent weeks since he was fired President Donald Trump, posting pointed thoughts on issues ranging from the investigation into Russian meddling in the election to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's handling of the MTA.
Only three years ago, pundits and political scientists saw the 2008 American presidential election as the beginning of a new era in Washington: the rise of President Obama and a strong Democratic majority in both houses of Congress meant that after eight years away from Pennsylvania Avenue, liberals could again implement political programmes and reforms free from Republican meddling.
The White House and its allies are scrambling for ways to offset potential damage from fired FBI Director James Comey's highly anticipated congressional testimony, an appearance that could expose new details about his discussions with Trump about the federal investigation into Russia's election meddling.
East Aurora political consultant Michael Caputo will be interviewed by staffers from the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday in his second appearance before congressional panels probing Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
The chairman of the Democratic National Committee stood behind the party's lawsuit against Russia and President Trump's campaign, calling it a necessary move to deter Russia from meddling in future elections.
The first sentence stemming from Mueller's probe into Russian election meddling was handed down by a federal judge in Washington.
Flynn asked Russia to refrain from «escalating the situation in response» to sanctions that then - President Obama had imposed that day on Russia for meddling in the US election.
Sessions recused himself from the investigation into election meddling after he acknowledged meeting with Russia's ambassador during the campaign.
Former Trump campaign adviser Rick Gates pleaded guilty Friday to two criminal charges stemming from the special counsel's probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 US election, and agreed to...
Attorney General Jeff Sessions is scheduled to appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee less than one week after James Comey told the committee he could not discuss openly certain information about Sessions» recusal from the investigation into Russia's election meddling last year.
Jill Stein, the Massachusetts doctor who was the Green Party's 2016 presidential nominee, says she's cooperating with a request for documents from a US Senate committee investigating Russian meddling in the election.
Law enforcement acted on a «referral» from Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating suspected Russian meddling in the 2016 election.
Moore also accused Trump of trying to distract from more - pressing issues, such as the situation in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria and special counsel Robert Mueller III's ongoing investigation into whether Trump's campaign coordinated with Russians seeking to meddle in the 2016 election.
In the past year, we've worked to destroy the business model for false news and reduce its spread, stop bad actors from meddling in elections, and bring a new level of transparency to advertising.
Executives from Facebook (FB), Twitter (TWTR) and Google (GOOGL) testified before Congress Tuesday in the first of three hearings this week into how foreign nationals used social media to meddle in the 2016 presidential election.
But despite user outcry on its own Facebook page and a call from Congress for Zuckerberg to testify about Facebook's role in election - meddling, Facebook seems to be charting its own course.
Late last year, executives from Facebook, Google and Twitter showed up at congressional hearings to discuss Russian meddling online in the 2016 presidential election, putting faces to the tech platforms during criticism of their misuse.
Facebook has recently been under scrutiny from everything from user privacy to election meddling.
Today, Facebook outlined all its efforts to prevent malicious actors from meddling in the election.
It's still reeling from Russian trolls abusing the social network during the 2016 US presidential campaign to meddle with the election and sow discord among Americans.
Twitter admitted on Friday evening that its investigation into suspected Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential elections had turned up what it believes were over 50,000 automated accounts linked to the Kremlin — and that it had identified 677,775 other accounts that «followed one of these accounts or retweeted or liked a tweet from these accounts during the election period.»
At a hearing with the top lawyers from Facebook, Google and Twitter about Russian meddling in the 2016 election, Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota began by emphasizing the stakes involved.
To apologize for Facebook's missteps, reassure Congress that Facebook intends to stop foreign powers from using its service to meddle in American elections and detail the company's plans to better protect its users» privacy.
Facebook is still reeling from its role in the 2016 US presidential election, in which Russian trolls abused the social network to meddle in...
The world's largest social media company has been hammered by investors and faces anger from users, advertisers and lawmakers after a series of scandals about fake news stories, election - meddling and privacy.