Politics Stories for 2018

FCC Forces California To Drop Plan For Government Fees On Text Messages 79
Nearly 200 Countries Agree On Global Climate Pact Rules After Impasse 194
One Year After Net Neutrality Repeal, America's Democrats Warn 'The Fight Continues' 152
President Trump To Use Huawei CFO As a Bargaining Chip 351
Net Neutrality Bill 38 Votes Short In Congress, and Time Has Almost Run Out 229
Google's CEO Thinks Android Users Know How Much Their Phones Are Tracking Them 131
House Panel Issues Scathing Report On 'Entirely Preventable' Equifax Data Breach 75
Can Democrats In Congress Restore America's Net Neutrality Rules? 256
FCC To Probe Whether Carriers Gave Inaccurate Broadband Coverage Data 57
Trump's Pick To Be the Next Attorney General Has Opposed Net Neutrality Rules For Years 120
Australia Passes Anti-Encryption Laws [Update] 289
Canada Arrests Top Huawei Executive For Allegedly Violating Iran Sanctions 163
China Announces Punishments For Intellectual-Property Theft 67
House GOP Campaign Committee Says Its Emails Were Hacked During 2018 Campaign 163
WhatsApp Faces Misinformation Problem in Nigeria, Reports Say 72
George H.W. Bush, 41st President of the United States, Dies At 94 408
Trump Admin Takes First Steps To Overhaul H-1B Visa That Tech Companies Use To Hire Internationally 252
Facebook Quietly Hired Republican Strategy Firm Targeted Victory 102
Democrats Demand Info On Law Enforcement's Use of Amazon Facial Recognition Tool 54
Trump Says He Doesn't Believe Government Climate Report Finding in a New Low 673
Dictionary.com Picks 'Misinformation' As Word of the Year 48
Trump Suggests US Could Slap 10 Percent Tax On iPhones, Laptops From China 387
Lawmakers Introduce Bill To Stop Bots From Ruining Holiday Shopping 153
Democrats Intend To Probe Ivanka Trump's Use of Personal Email In Next Congress 407
In 'Digital India,' Government Hands Out Free Phones To Win Votes 48
Russia Wants DNC Hack Lawsuit Thrown Out, Citing International Conventions 267
Facebook Now Faces a Massive Backlash. But Will Anything Change? 175
Trump Signs Bill That Creates the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency 72
Senators Ask Four Major Carriers About Video Slowdowns 108
Minister in Charge of Japan's Cybersecurity Says He Has Never Used a Computer 199
The Real Reason Palmer Luckey Was Fired From Facebook 142
Can Facebook Keep Large-Scale Misinformation From the Free World? 189
China Violated Obama-Era Cybertheft Pact, U.S. Official Says 74
Georgia's Secretary of State Brian Kemp Doxes Thousands of Absentee Voters 452
Blockchain-Based Elections Would Be a Disaster For Democracy 168
Did You Vote? Now Your Friends May Know 344
In These Eight Midterms Races, Health and Medicine Are Front and Center 230
Voting Machine Manual Instructed Election Officials To Use Weak Passwords 197
File-Sharing Software On State Election Servers Could Expose Them To Intruders 125
Twitter Deletes Over 10,000 Bots That Discouraged US Midterm Voting 177
Apple, Amazon, Google and More Than 50 Other Companies Sign Letter Against Trump Administration's Proposed Gender Definition Changes 769
Reporter Posed as Cambridge Analytica To Run Political Ads on Facebook. Facebook, To No One's Surprise, Failed To Catch That They Were Frauds. 81
Reporters Posed as 100 Senators To Run Ads on Facebook. Facebook Approved All of Them. 83
President Trump Accuses Twitter of Political Bias 468
White House Wants To Borrow Tech Workers From Google and Amazon, Says Report 208
Trolls Are Still Actively Trying to Influence Brexit and US Elections 470
Facebook To Ban Misinformation On Voting In Upcoming US Elections 245
US Voter Records From 19 States Is Being Sold on a Hacking Forum, Threat Intelligence Firms Say 102
Facebook Removes Hundreds of Accounts Spamming Political Info 171
Democrats Draft an 'Internet Bill of Rights' To Regulate Big Tech 140
Google CEO Will Testify Before US House on Bias Accusations 147
Voting Machine Used in Half of US Is Vulnerable to Attack, Report Finds 110
A 17-Year-Old Has Become Michigan's Leading Right To Repair Advocate 79
Google CEO Sundar Pichai Is Headed To Washington This Week To Discuss Censorship, China 100
Facebook Will Open a 'War Room' Next Week To Monitor Election Interference 218
US Senate Staff Targeted By State-Backed Hackers, Senator Says 62
Leaked Video Shows Google Executives' Candid Reaction To Trump Victory 558
Trump To Target Foreign Meddling In US Elections With Sanctions Order 187
Pretty Clear GRU's Goal Was To Weaken a Future Clinton Presidency, Former Facebook CSO Says 345
Blockchains Are Not Safe For Voting, Concludes NAP Report 106
White House Says Anonymous 'Coward' Behind New York Times Op-Ed Should Resign 898
Facebook, Twitter Execs Admit Failures, Warn of 'Overwhelming' Threat To Elections 250
Open Source Devs Reverse Decision to Block ICE Contractors From Using Software 427
Texas Lawmakers Press NASA To Base Lunar Lander Program In Houston 128
Google Debunks Trump's Claim It Censored His State of the Union Address 508
No, a Teen Did Not Hack a State Election 73
Senators Demand Voting Machine Vendor Explain Why It Dismisses Researchers Prodding Its Devices 62
Trump Accuses Social Media Firms of 'Silencing Millions' 570
Reality Winner Sentenced To More Than 5 Years For Leaking Info About Russia Hacking Attempts 261
DNC Says Reported Hack Attempt Was a False Alarm 115
LA County Gets State Approval of New Vote-Counting System Using Open-Source Software 95
Democratic National Committee Says Hackers Unsuccessfully Targeted Voter Database 150
Senators Introduce Bill That Would Require State and Local Governments To Use Paper Ballots in an Effort To Secure Elections 470
Russian Hackers Targeted US Conservative Think-Tanks, Says Microsoft 170
Did Russians Really Penetrate Florida's Election Systems? Maybe 205
36 of 50 States Have Installed Sensors at 'Elections Infrastructure Level' To Monitor Computer Systems Managing Voter Data or Devices 90
Trump, Seeking To Relax Rules on US Cyberattacks, Reverses Obama Directive 153
Google Releases a Searchable Database of US Political Ads 46
US Warns on Russia's New Space Weapons 179
US House Candidates Vulnerable To Hacks, Researchers Say 35
11-Year-Old Changes Election Results On Florida's Website: Defcon 2018 202
EPA Staff Objected To Agency's New Rules on Asbestos Use, Internal Emails Show 212
Colorado Candidate For Governor Wants To Put His State On the Blockchain 61
VP Pence Lays Out Trump's Vision For Establishing a US Space Force 528
Georgia Defends Electronic Voting Machines Despite 243-Percent Turnout In One Precinct 431
West Virginia To Introduce Mobile Phone Voting For Midterm Elections 215
Senate Rejects New Money For Election Security 456
Microsoft Launches Pilot Program To Provide Cybersecurity Protection To Political Campaigns and Election Authorities 42
DHS Forms New Cyber Hub To Protect Critical US Infrastructure 57
Facebook Has Identified Ongoing Political Influence Campaign 263
Senate Democrat Floats First Serious Proposals For Regulating Big Tech 223
Facebook Finally Discloses Pro-Brexit Ads 165
Twitter Is Limiting the Visibility of Prominent Republicans In Search Results 726
Putin's Soccer Ball for Trump Had Transmitter Chip, Logo Indicates 241
Facebook Signs Agreement With Washington State To End Discriminatory Ad Targeting 86
Russian Hackers Reach US Utility Control Rooms, Homeland Security Officials Say 371
Open Gov't Advocates Fear that Private Messaging Apps Are Being Misused by Public Officials To Conduct Business in Secret 125
Ecuador Will Be Handing Assange Over To UK Authorities 'In Coming Weeks Or Days': RT 467
Microsoft Reveals First Known Midterm Campaign Hacking Attempts 163
Top Voting Machine Vendor Admits It Installed Remote-Access Software on Systems Sold to States 244
GOP Congressman Introduces Bill To Reinstate Net Neutrality Rules 120
Special Counsel Mueller Charges 12 Russian Intelligence Officers With Hacking Democrats During 2016 Election 778
Russian Influence Campaign Sought To Exploit Americans' Trust In Local News 287
UK Politicians Push For FOSTA SESTA-Style Sex Censorship 124
Economists Worry We Aren't Prepared For the Fallout From Automation 365
EFF Sues To Invalidate FOSTA, An Unconstitutional Internet Censorship Law 89
Most Americans Think Facebook and Twitter Censor Their Political Views 428
Bill To Save Net Neutrality Is 46 Votes Short In US House 213
US Lawmakers Want Google To Reconsider Links To China's Huawei 89
Democrat With Financial Ties To AT&T Guts California's Net Neutrality Law 266
Kaspersky Halts Europol Partnership After Controversial EU Parliament Vote 104
Comey, Who Investigated Hillary Clinton For Using Personal Email For Official Business, Used His Personal Email For Official Business 464
US Sanctions Russians Over Military, Intelligence Hacking 159
In the Trump Administration, Science Is Unwelcome. So Is Advice. 711
In a Blow To E-Voting Critics, Brazil Suspends Use of All Paper Ballots 120
Trump Strikes Deal With China's ZTE on Sanctions 145
Washington Sues Facebook, Google For Failure To Disclose Political Ad Spending 97
5 Years on, US Government Still Counting Snowden Leak Costs 172
Trump Orders a Lifeline For Struggling Coal and Nuclear Plants 286
Google Plans Not To Renew its Contract for Project Maven, a Controversial Drone AI Imaging Program 59
Signs of Sophisticated Cellphone Spying Found Near White House, US Officials Say 85
Alibaba Co-founder Says Many Americans 'Want To Stop China' From Upgrading Its Tech 213
Kaspersky Suits Tossed, Fed Bans Will Continue 82
Electronic Voting To Enter Australian House of Representatives 42
White House Announces Tech Tariffs, Investment Restrictions on China 248
Ask Slashdot: Did Baby Boomers Break America? 609
US Reaches Deal To Keep Chinese Telecom ZTE in Business 104
Trump Cancels Singapore Summit With North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un 504
Bill Gates Shares His Memories of Donald Trump 490
Trump Personally Pushed Postmaster General To Double Rates on Amazon, Other Firms: Report 352
Homeland Security Unveils New Cyber Security Strategy Amid Threats 75
Apple CEO Says He Has Urged Trump To Address Legal Status of Immigrants; Also Told Him That Tariffs Are Wrong Approach To China 381
Kaspersky Lab Moving Core Infrastructure To Switzerland 78
Google Employees Resign in Protest Against Pentagon Contract 469
North Korea Announces Plans To Dismantle Nuclear Test Site 217
US Congressmen Reveal Thousands of Facebook Ads Bought By Russian Trolls 309
Senate Democrats Force a Vote To Restore Net Neutrality 144
Trump Withdraws US From Iran Nuclear Deal 900
Placing Election Ads On Google Will Require a Government ID 227
Tech Conferences Moving North as Trump Policies Turn Off Attendees 340
FCC Commissioner Broke the Law By Advocating for Trump, Officials Find 324
White House Considers Restricting Chinese Researchers Over Espionage Fears 179
Senate Democrats Plan To Force Vote On Net Neutrality 167
North Korea's Leader Kim Jong-un Says He'll Give Up Weapons if US Promises Not to Invade 406
Trump Administration Plans To Freeze Obama-Era Fuel Standards 306
Two Koreas Agree To End War This Year, Pursue Denuclearization 368
US Keeps China, Puts Canada on IP Priority Watch List 183
Trump Meets With Apple's Tim Cook To Talk Trade 33
EPA Proposes Limits To Science Used In Rulemaking 314
Senate Confirms Trump's Pick for NSA, Cyber Command 58
White House Reportedly Exploring Wartime Rule To Help Coal, Nuclear 308
Engineers Are Leaving America For Canada 330
Democratic Party Files Suit Alleging Russia, the Trump Campaign, and WikiLeaks Conspired To Disrupt the 2016 Election 669
Iran Bans State Bodies From Using Telegram App, Khamenei Shuts Account 38
France is Building Its Own Encrypted Messaging Service To Ease Fears That Foreign Entities Could Spy on Private Conversations 87
State-Sponsored Russian Hackers Actively Seeking To Hijack Essential Internet Hardware, US and UK Intelligence Agencies Say 170
US Bans American Companies From Selling To Chinese Electronics Maker ZTE 74
Trump Proposes Rejoining Trans-Pacific Partnership 315
Trump Signs Law Weakening Shield For Online Services 188
Democratic Senators Propose 'Privacy Bill of Rights' To Prevent Websites From Sharing Or Selling Sensitive Info Without Opt-In Consent 136
China Removes Four News Apps From Smartphone Stores To Tighten Control 52
Facebook Donated To 46 of 55 Members On Committee That Will Question Zuckerberg 160
Russia Files Lawsuit To Block Telegram Messaging App 70
Canada Has Pulled Off a Brain Heist 351
US Suspects Listening Devices in Washington 137
Zuckerberg On Facebook's Role In Ethnic Cleansing In Myanmar: 'It's a Real Issue' 136
Trump Says He Wants Skilled Migrants But Creates New Hurdles 327
EPA Prepares To Roll Back Rules Requiring Cars To Be Cleaner and More Efficient 378
President Trump Slams Amazon For 'Causing Tremendous Loss To the United States' 559
Justice Department Revives Push To Mandate a Way To Unlock Phones 171
Craigslist Personals, Some Subreddits Disappear After FOSTA Passage 149
More Evidence Ties Alleged DNC Hacker Guccifer 2.0 To Russian Intelligence 210
Sierra Leone Government Denies the Role of Blockchain In Its Recent Election 20
Trump Bans Venezuela's New National Cryptocurrency 170
Entrepreneur Andrew Yang, a Big Supporter Of Universal Basic Income, is Running For President 465
Facebook Under Pressure as EU, US Urge Probes of Data Practices 68
Did Cambridge Analytica Harvest 50 Million Facebook Profiles? 135
Sierra Leone Records World's First Blockchain-Powered Election 72
US Says Russia Hacked Energy Grid, Punishes 19 for Meddling 229
Facebook Quietly Hid Webpages Bragging of Ability to Influence Elections 83
Trump's Pick for New CIA Director Is Career Spymaster 313
Trump's Meeting With The Video Game Industry To Talk Gun Violence Could Get Ugly 498
Sri Lanka Blocks Facebook, Instagram To Prevent Spread of Hate Speech 123
YouTube's New Moderators Mistakenly Pull Right-Wing Channels 277
US Response 'Hasn't Changed The Calculus' Of Russian Interference, NSA Chief Says 126
Net Neutrality Repeal Will Get a Senate Vote In the Spring, Democrats Say 127
Trump Administration Cracks Down On H-1B Visa Abuse 252
Russian Spies Hacked the Olympics and Tried To Make it Look Like North Korea Did it, US Officials Say 71
House Democrats' Counter-Memo Released, Alleging Major Factual Inaccuracies 211
NRA Gives Ajit Pai 'Courage Award' and Gun For 'Saving the Internet' 563
Manafort Left an Incriminating Paper Trail Because He Couldn't Figure Out How to Convert PDFs to Word Files 189
President Trump: 'We Have To Do Something' About Violent Video Games, Movies 866
FCC To Officially Rescind Net Neutrality Rules On Thursday 124
Facebook VP of Ads Criticised For Tweeting that Russian-bought Ads Had Not Been Designed to Sway the US Election 263
Facebook Plans To Use US Mail To Verify IDs of Election Ad Buyers 123
US Charges Russian Social Media Trolls Over Election Tampering 503
Two Years After FBI vs Apple, Encryption Debate Remains 175
UK Blames Russia For Cyber Attack, Says Won't Tolerate Disruption 143
Trump Administration Wants To Fire 248 Forecasters At the National Weather Service 524
The Trump Administration is Moving To Privatize the International Space Station: Report 236
32 Senators Want To Know If US Regulators Halted Equifax Probe 93
Anti-China Bill Being Softened After US Companies Complain 71
EFF Founder John Perry Barlow Has Died At Age 70 61
Fake News Sharing In US Is a Rightwing Thing, Says Oxford Study 997
Facebook Hired a Full-Time Pollster To Monitor Zuckerberg's Approval Ratings 109
US Consumer Protection Official Puts Equifax Probe on Ice 145
GOP Memo Criticizing FBI Surveillance is Released 875
White House Seeks 72 Percent Cut To Clean Energy Research 390
FCC Chairman Slams Trump Team's Proposal To Nationalize 5G 248
Russian Trolls Created Facebook Events Seen By More Than 300,000 Users 220
Robert Mueller's Team Reportedly Interviewed Facebook Staff As Part of Russia Probe 229
Tech Firms Let Russia Probe Software Widely Used by US Government 115
Trump Administration Wants To End NASA Funding For ISS By 2025 344
Tax Change Aims to Lure Intellectual Property Back to the US 186
Ecuador is Fighting Crime Using Chinese Surveillance Technology 35
Trump Signs Surveillance Extension Into Law 94
Facebook Is a 'Living, Breathing Crime Scene,' Says Former Tech Insider 144
Apple Says It Will 'Contribute' $350 Billion in the US Economy Over the Next 5 Years 164
Turning Soybeans Into Diesel Fuel Is Costing Us Billions 264
US Lawmakers Urge AT&T To Cut Commercial Ties With Huawei and Oppose China Mobile Citing National Security Concerns 60
Democrats Are Just One Vote Shy of Restoring Net Neutrality 331
Ask Slashdot: How Would You Use Computers To Make Elections Better? 498
Ecuador Grants Citizenship To WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange 252
Top US Government Computers Linked to Revenge-Porn Site 97
North Carolina Congressional Map Ruled Unconstitutionally Gerrymandered 409
Congress Is About To Vote On Expanding the Warrantless Surveillance of Americans 226
Senate Bill to Block Net Neutrality Repeal Now Has 40 Co-Sponsors 106
UK Backs Off From Banning Reidentification Research 10
Trump Pushes To Expand High-Speed Internet In Rural America 317
Senate Will Force Vote On Overturning Net Neutrality Repeal 143
Why Twitter Hasn't Banned President Trump 449
Leading Lobbying Group for Amazon, Facebook, Google and Other Tech Giants is Joining the Legal Battle To Restore Net Neutrality 77
What Happens When States Have Their Own Net Neutrality Rules? 179
France's President Macron Wants To Block Websites During Elections To Fight 'Fake News' 299
White House Bans Use of Personal Devices From West Wing 205
Ajit Pai Backs Out of Planned CES 2018 Appearance 277
NSA's Top Talent is Leaving Because of Low Pay, Slumping Morale and Unpopular Reorganization 225
The FCC Is Still Tweaking Its Net Neutrality Repeal 68
New Bill Could Finally Get Rid of Paperless Voting Machines 391
Big Tech and Democracy Need To Work Together, Microsoft Executives Say 89
How Do You Vote? 50 Million Google Images Give a Clue 103