Sentences with phrase «for election interference»

According to the indictment, the IRA attempted to boost the prospects of some politicians, including Trump, at the expense of their rivals, including Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton (see US Indicts 13 Russians for Election Interference).

South Korean court sentences former head of spy agency to prison for election interference, Reuters

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We will continue working with the government to understand the full extent of Russian interference, and we will do our part not only to ensure the integrity of free and fair elections around the world, but also to give everyone a voice and to be a force for good in democracy everywhere.

That goes for fake news, foreign interference in elections, and hate speech, as well as developers and data privacy.

When it comes to election interference, Zuckerberg's testimony says advertisers promoting political or issue ads will have to be authorized by confirming their identity, location and who paid for each ad.

Facebook took out full - page advertisements in Wednesday's issues of the New York Times and Washington Post in an effort to defend itself as the company takes fire for its role in Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was offered $ 60 million by Congress from Defense Department funds last year to fight Russian election interference efforts — but after Tillerson waited for seven months trying to decide whether he wanted to spend it or not, the offer was withdrawn, and none of the money was used, according to The New York Times.

The Obama administration, in particular, has come under fire recently for what some lawmakers say was an inadequate response to Russia's election interference efforts during the 2016 presidential race.

Facebook will hire thousands of people to carry out the two new initiatives, which Zuckerberg says are meant to combat the kind of activity that allowed for Russian interference leading up to the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

Russian stocks tumbled after a federal grand jury indicted Russian actors for alleged interference in the 2016 presidential election.

McMaster's resignation was announced March 22, just hours after John Dowd, Trump's lead lawyer for an ongoing probe of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, quit.

Representatives from Facebook, Google, and Twitter (though not their super famous CEOs) showed up for a U.S. Senate hearing on Wednesday and found themselves the targets of ire over the Russian election interference they helped facilitate.

The Kremlin reacted to the indictment of Russian nationals for illegal interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential elections.

WASHINGTON — A group of Republicans will take the House floor Tuesday evening to call for the recusal of Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election.

It said Russia was responsible for carrying out cyberattacks against the US, disseminating hacked emails stolen from the Democratic National Committee, and launching a social media disinformation campaign — findings that mostly echo parts of the US intelligence community's assessment of Russia's interference in the 2016 election.

The resignation came just a day after she testified before the House Intelligence Committee, where she reportedly said that she told white lies for the president, but never lied about anything consequential related to the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

But this Presidents Day weekend, the commander - in - chief fired off an unprecedented 14 tweets about the Russia investigation — declaring his innocence, suggesting the FBI could have prevented last week's Florida school shooting if it hadn't been working on the investigation, blaming Democrats and former President Barack Obama for Russia's interference in the election, and accusing the former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton of colluding with Russia.

CNBC's Eamon Javers sits down with Rajesh De the Former General Counsel for the National Security Agency; Michele Reagan the Secretary of State of Arizona; and Mark Testoni the President and CEO of SAP National Security Services to talk about the concern of foreign interference in this year's presidential election.

Despite his protestations regarding alleged Russian interference in the election, the President has been steadfast in emphasizing the need for stronger cybersecurity, and this is not likely to change.

My understanding is that the U.S. Congress is undertaking an investigation into Russian interference into the election and they've asked all sorts of people for help into that.

He also posted testimony apologizing for Facebook's role in false news, data privacy leaks and foreign interference in elections, as his company announced that it would form an independent commission of academic researchers to study social media's impact on elections.

This, he says, goes for fake news, foreign elections interference, hate speech and data privacy.

«You need to also make sure that that voice is not used for foreign interference in elections or disseminating fake news.»

That goes for fake news, foreign interference in elections, and hate speech, as well as developers and data privacy,» Zuckerberg said in opening remarks before a joint hearing of the Senate Judiciary and Commerce committees.

The news comes a day after Hicks was interviewed for nine hours by the panel investigating Russia interference in the 2016 election and contact between Trump's campaign and Russia.

Because the Steele dossier — a private intelligence report compiled by former British spy Christopher Steele — included a claim that Cohen met with a Russian official in Prague to talk about Russia's interference and advocacy for Trump in the 2016 election.

While we do not all necessarily agree with the manner in which he dealt with the conclusion of the Hillary Clinton email investigation, we sincerely believe that his abrupt and belated termination for this conduct, occurring months later and on the heels of his public testimony about his oversight of the investigation of Russian interference with the 2016 presidential election, has the appearance — if not the reality — of interfering with that investigation.

Overall, the results show how divorced Facebook's user behavior is from the day - to - day news coverage blasting it for allowing Russian interference in US elections and for making us unhealthy zombie browsers.

Also on Saturday, the two top Congressional Democrats leading inquiries into Russian interference in the 2016 election — Senator Mark Warner of Virginia and Representative Adam Schiff of California — called for investigations of the Facebook data leak.

Lawyers for President Trump's attorney Michael Cohen withdrew defamation lawsuits late Wednesday against BuzzFeed and the political research firm Fusion GPS related to a dossier that included claims Cohen helped organize Russian interference into the 2016 presidential election.

Earlier this year, the group coordinated requests for a shareholder report on election interference and other platform challenges, as well as a separate request to establish an ongoing risk oversight committee.

Last fall, in response to increasing scrutiny surrounding its role as a central instrument of Russian election interference, Facebook hired top aides to former Obama Administration officials (Biden, Kerry), as well as the former chief of staff for Democratic Senator Mark Warner of Virginia.

After approving Friday's release of a disputed memo written by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes over the objections of his own FBI director and intelligence community, Trump's next moves will be critical for the ongoing federal investigation into Russia's election interference and possible collusion with Trump associates.

«We didn't focus enough on preventing abuse and thinking through how people could use these tools to do harm as well, and that goes for fake news, foreign interference in elections, hate speech, in addition to developers and data privacy.»

As a result, it was not even looking for, much less working to prevent, interference in our elections.

Tackling this insidious form of election interference should be a top priority for Facebook, election experts say.

In the wake of waves of criticism, Facebook continues to institute more changes to its platform — including new stringent rules for those placing issue - based ads — in an effort to thwart future election interference.

Republican Long Island Rep. Lee Zeldin in a statement on Thursday called for an exacting approach in the investigation by a special counsel assigned to review the 2016 presidential election and possible interference by Russian agents.

The statement added that RT, which was named in January in a US intelligence report on election interference, spent at least $ 274,100 in 2016 for 1,823 tweet ads or «promotions» that «definitely or potentially targeted the US market.»

A blog post by Twitter said its vice president for public policy, Colin Crowell, met with staff Thursday from two congressional panels investigating Russian interference in the election process.

In addition to the Ukraine / Crimea sanctions there are sanctions put in place for interference of Russia in US presidential elections.

Criticizing federal inaction on Russian interference in U.S. elections, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Democrat - led Assembly said they plan to try to pass a law in New York that would require social - media companies to disclose who paid for their ads.

Clinton claimed she's taking responsibility for her 2016 election loss but believes misogyny, Russian interference and questionable decisions by the FBI influenced the outcome.

Former CIA Director Michael Hayden said he now has an «open mind» about the need for a special prosecutor to investigate Russia's interference in the 2016 election, following the events of last week.

President Trump, in a series of angry and defiant tweets this morning, sought to shift the blame to Democrats for Russia's virtual war to meddle in the 2016 election, saying that President Barack Obama had not done enough to stop the interference and denying that he had ever suggested that Moscow might not have been involved.

President - elect Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpGOP lawmakers want Trump to stop bashing Congress US ends aid for northwest Syria: report FBI informant met with three Trump campaign advisers: report MORE dismissed talk of sanctioning Russia as some lawmakers and President Obama push for the U.S. to act in light of Russian interference in the election.

Referencing Russian interference in the 2016 elections, Cuomo and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie teamed up to call for passage of a state bill that would require social media companies in New York to disclose who paid for online political ads.

«Russia's interference in US elections» is a myth created in the United States, for the US and for intensifying US aggression.

In a sign that the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election will remain a continuing distraction for the White House, the special counsel, Robert Mueller, is in talks with the West Wing about interviewing current and former senior administration officials, including the recently ousted White House chief of staff, Reince Priebus.

Former White House spokesman Sean Spicer was grilled for hours Monday by the special counsel investigating possible Russian interference in the election.