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BrownIsBeautiful<p>“the Justice Department has taken the unusual step of asking at least nine states for copies of their voter rolls, and at least two have turned them over, according to state officials”<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElectionSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/16/trump-voter-fraud-elections/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzUyNjM4NDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzU0MDIwNzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NTI2Mzg0MDAsImp0aSI6IjUyNzMxODA5LTFjYTQtNGMwZi04YmYxLWFjYTAyYmUyMzg2NSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9wb2xpdGljcy8yMDI1LzA3LzE2L3RydW1wLXZvdGVyLWZyYXVkLWVsZWN0aW9ucy8ifQ.JYQyrxkvJsSW4z7IMfEKe8Tw86GESxt5mRwCJPJ0RsY&amp;utm_source=semafor" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/politics/20</span><span class="invisible">25/07/16/trump-voter-fraud-elections/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzUyNjM4NDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzU0MDIwNzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NTI2Mzg0MDAsImp0aSI6IjUyNzMxODA5LTFjYTQtNGMwZi04YmYxLWFjYTAyYmUyMzg2NSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9wb2xpdGljcy8yMDI1LzA3LzE2L3RydW1wLXZvdGVyLWZyYXVkLWVsZWN0aW9ucy8ifQ.JYQyrxkvJsSW4z7IMfEKe8Tw86GESxt5mRwCJPJ0RsY&amp;utm_source=semafor</span></a></p>
Democracy Matters :verified:<p>New Brennan Center Survey about local election security</p><p>Local Election Officials Survey — July 2025<br /><a href="https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/local-election-officials-survey-july-2025" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">brennancenter.org/our-work/res</span><span class="invisible">earch-reports/local-election-officials-survey-july-2025</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BrennanCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BrennanCenter</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ElectionSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ElectionSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ElectionFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ElectionFraud</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Robert Johnson<p>Voting Audit: Recording My Interactions with the Government<br>Our video shows how we audited voting locations for the past three years. We recorded our interactions with the government during voting. We encountered issues with camera access inside the vote center. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VotingAudit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VotingAudit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElectionIntegrity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionIntegrity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VoteCenters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoteCenters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GovernmentTransparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentTransparency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CivicEngagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivicEngagement</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VotingProcess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VotingProcess</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElectionSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VoterRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoterRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PoliticalActivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalActivism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a></p><p>July 02, 2025 at 02:53AM</p><p>via Instagram <a href="https://instagr.am/p/DLmd_u3hEfr/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">instagr.am/p/DLmd_u3hEfr/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Anomalous Human<p>&gt;&gt;Such integration has never existed before, and experts call it a sea change that inches the U.S. closer to having a roster of citizens — something the country has never embraced. A centralized national database of Americans' personal information has long been considered a third rail — especially to privacy advocates as well as political conservatives, who have traditionally opposed mass data consolidation by the federal government.</p><p>Legal experts told NPR they were alarmed that a development of this magnitude was already underway without a transparent and public process.&lt;&lt;</p><p><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/KOSU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KOSU</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/NPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NPR</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/CitizenshipDatabase" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CitizenshipDatabase</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/DataCollection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataCollection</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/VoterRegistration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoterRegistration</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/ElectionSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionSecurity</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.kosu.org/politics/2025-06-29/the-trump-administration-is-building-a-national-citizenship-data-system" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">kosu.org/politics/2025-06-29/t</span><span class="invisible">he-trump-administration-is-building-a-national-citizenship-data-system</span></a></p>
StacesCases2 🇨🇦 📎<p><a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Election" target="_blank">#Election</a> security expert <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23SusanGreenhalgh" target="_blank">#SusanGreenhalgh</a> of <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23FreeSpeechforPeople" target="_blank">#FreeSpeechforPeople</a> joins <a class="mention" href="https://bsky.app/profile/jessicadenson07.bsky.social" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@jessicadenson07.bsky.social</a> to discuss the unanswered anomalies surrounding the <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%232024election" target="_blank">#2024election</a> and the state of <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23ElectionSecurity" target="_blank">#ElectionSecurity</a> leading up to the midterms. <a href="https://youtu.be/nk1A-tLIaXY?si=ExSzhN-TYbJ4NHoq" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">youtu.be/nk1A-tLIaXY?...</a><br><br><a href="https://youtu.be/nk1A-tLIaXY?si=ExSzhN-TYbJ4NHoq" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">NEW Reports Question Trump's 2...</a></p>
Paco Hope #resist<p>It’s democratic primary <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a> day in <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/virginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>virginia</span></a>. Just 2 races on the ballot. Picking the Democratic Party candidate for lieutenant governor and attorney general. It’s sleepy. We do the full thing l: all the same procedures and all the full security, but for a fraction of the voters. Polls opened at 6am. At 7:45 we checked in our 7th voter. We finally have had more voters than election officers. I’ll do a thread here during the day about <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>elections</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/electionsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>electionsecurity</span></a> and all the humdrum ordinary things of helping people vote. <br>1/</p>
Flipboard<p>Arizona’s Elections Procedures Manual states that supervisors have no discretion when certifying results — or at least, that’s how it’s always been interpreted. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.tucsonsentinel.com/@TucsonSentinel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>TucsonSentinel</span></a></span> reports on a court ruling that threw out that section of the manual, and that may now shake up pending criminal charges for conspiracy against an election supervisor who delayed certification of Cochise County’s 2022 midterm results. “Ambiguity in election certification laws is a problem in several swing states across the country,” writes Jen Fifield. </p><p><a href="https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042925_az_election_certification/are-local-officials-duty-bound-certify-elections-arizona-ruling-creates-new-doubt/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor</span><span class="invisible">t/042925_az_election_certification/are-local-officials-duty-bound-certify-elections-arizona-ruling-creates-new-doubt/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arizona</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Elections</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Law</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/ElectionSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Voting</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Newstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Newstodon</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NewstodonFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewstodonFriday</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FollowFriday</span></a></p>
Hacker News<p>How the Federal Government Is Undermining Election Security</p><p><a href="https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/how-federal-government-undermining-election-security" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">brennancenter.org/our-work/res</span><span class="invisible">earch-reports/how-federal-government-undermining-election-security</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElectionSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GovernmentAccountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentAccountability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CyberSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CyberSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Vulnerability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vulnerability</span></a></p>
Democrats Abroad<p>🚨 North Carolina voters: Do NOT send your passport by email or any other method right now.</p><p>The ballot curing process hasn’t started yet. If you get a message asking for your passport, it could be phishing. Stay alert and protect your information.</p><p>We’ll share official instructions as soon as the process begins.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DemocratsAbroad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DemocratsAbroad</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NCVotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NCVotes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ProtectTheVote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectTheVote</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElectionSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionSecurity</span></a></p>
Rob Pegoraro<p><strong>Weekly output: Google’s AI Mode, Waymo’s software testing, Trump threatens Chris Krebs, Venmo’s dubious privacy&nbsp;defaults</strong></p><p>I had a short and useful visit to the future home of <a href="https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Starfleet_Academy" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Starfleet Academy’s headquarters</a>, courtesy of <a href="https://ntt-research.com/upgrade-2025-calling-all-innovators/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">NTT’s Upgrade 2025 conference</a> there hosting me (including comped airfare and lodging), and now I need to finish writing two pieces from that Japanese telco’s event.</p><p>4/7/2025: <a href="https://www.pcmag.com/news/google-expands-its-conversational-ai-mode-search-option" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Google Expands Its Conversational ‘AI Mode’ Search Option</a>, PCMag</p><p>Since I already had access to AI Mode and since this is a <a href="https://robpegoraro.com/2023/04/15/tomato-planting-day-or-yet-another-triumph-of-gardening-hope-over-experience/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">gardening time of the year</a>, I tested this search option with some queries on that subject for Google’s Gemini AI.</p><p>4/8/2025: <a href="https://www.pcmag.com/news/for-waymos-software-team-bug-hunting-sometimes-happens-at-45mph" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">For Waymo’s Software Team, Bug Hunting Sometimes Happens at 45mph</a>, PCMag</p><p>I wrote up an enlightening talk from a Waymo engineer at a software-quality conference I attended the week before hosted by a Tysons Corner startup called <a href="https://antithesis.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Antithesis</a>–and then I got to experience the results of Waymo’s ongoing work during two uneventful rides in San Francisco.</p><p>4/10/2025: <a href="https://www.pcmag.com/news/still-mad-about-losing-the-2020-election-trump-targets-former-cisa-director" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Still Mad About Losing the 2020 Election, Trump Targets Cybersecurity Pro</a>, PCMag</p><p>One reason that I haven’t yet filed anything from NTT’s event is that I took time Thursday to report and write this post to ensure that it would adequately convey the fraudulent nature of Trump’s complaint against Chris Krebs, the CISA director he hired in 2018 and then fired in 2020 for telling the truth about the integrity of that year’s election.</p><p><a href="https://robpegoraro.com/?attachment_id=25676" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a>4/11/2025: <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/91314718/venmos-debious-defaults-look-like-a-permanent-privacy-foul" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Venmo’s dubious defaults look like a permanent privacy foul</a>, Fast Company</p><p>I’ve had a version of this story on my to-do list for a while, but then the inept <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operations_security" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">opsec</a> of the Trump administration served up a <a href="https://journ101.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/what-is-a-news-peg-again/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">news peg</a> when journalists found the Venmo accounts of multiple White House principals and started exploring their public-by-default friends lists. (Everyone in this administration should have known better, since BuzzFeed News located Joe Biden’s Venmo and inspected his friends list <a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/we-found-joe-bidens-secret-venmo" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">back in 2021</a>). I quizzed a few subject-matter experts, but getting a statement out of Venmo took a little longer.</p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/2020-election/" target="_blank">#2020Election</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/ai-mode/" target="_blank">#AIMode</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/antithesis/" target="_blank">#Antithesis</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/bugbash/" target="_blank">#BugBash</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/chris-krebs/" target="_blank">#ChrisKrebs</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/default-settings/" target="_blank">#defaultSettings</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/election-denial/" target="_blank">#electionDenial</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/election-security/" target="_blank">#electionSecurity</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/google-ai/" target="_blank">#GoogleAI</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/google-gemini/" target="_blank">#GoogleGemini</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/paypal/" target="_blank">#PayPal</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/trump-retribution/" target="_blank">#TrumpRetribution</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/venmo/" target="_blank">#Venmo</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/venmo-friends-list/" target="_blank">#VenmoFriendsList</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/waymo/" target="_blank">#Waymo</a></p>
The-14<p>Foreign interference threats in Canada’s federal election are both old and&nbsp;new<br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Election</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ElectionIntegrity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionIntegrity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ForeignInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignInterference</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DigitalThreats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalThreats</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Threats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Threats</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ElectionSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/CyberThreats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CyberThreats</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/GlobalInfluence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalInfluence</span></a><br><a href="https://the-14.com/foreign-interference-threats-in-canadas-federal-election-are-both-old-and-new/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">the-14.com/foreign-interferenc</span><span class="invisible">e-threats-in-canadas-federal-election-are-both-old-and-new/</span></a></p>
BakersRelay<p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/TheGremlinZoo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheGremlinZoo</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/ElectionSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionSecurity</span></a> </p><p>From CNN.com: Trump is dismantling election security networks. State officials are alarmed</p><p><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/politics/election-security-systems-trump-invs?cid=ios_app" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnn.com/2025/04/09/politics/el</span><span class="invisible">ection-security-systems-trump-invs?cid=ios_app</span></a></p>
Global Threads<p>🇵🇱 POLAND<br>🔴 Tusk Blames Cyberattack on Foreign Meddling</p><p> 🔸 Civic Platform’s systems breached weeks before May elections.<br> 🔸 Authorities link attack to Eastern actors; Belarus &amp; Russia suspected.<br> 🔸 Malicious emails sent from hijacked local activist’s account.<br> 🔸 Poland warns of Russian-backed sabotage &amp; disinfo campaign since Jan.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Poland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tusk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Belarus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Belarus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElectionSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Infowar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Infowar</span></a></p>
Thinking Munk<p>Trump is not a fan of CISA | <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/@destiny" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>destiny</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CISA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CISA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElectionSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Election2020" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Election2020</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Grievance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Grievance</span></a></p>
Democracy Matters :verified:<p>At this rate, Putin will be our next president.</p><p>Election officials face limited options as federal security resources fall away<br /><a href="https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/3/16/2310237/-Election-officials-face-limited-options-as-federal-security-resources-fall-away" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dailykos.com/story/2025/3/16/2</span><span class="invisible">310237/-Election-officials-face-limited-options-as-federal-security-resources-fall-away</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Putin</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ElectionSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ElectionSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ElectionFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ElectionFraud</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EndTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EndTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EndMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EndMusk</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DonaldKrasnov" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DonaldKrasnov</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RepublicansOwnThis" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RepublicansOwnThis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOPKakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GOPKakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOPWeirdos" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GOPWeirdos</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NoRepublicansEverAgain" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NoRepublicansEverAgain</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Techdirt<p><strong>DHS Buries Its Last Election Security Review Because With Trump In Charge, No One Cares About Election Integrity</strong></p> <p><a href="https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/14/dhs-buries-its-last-election-security-review-because-with-trump-in-charge-no-one-cares-about-election-integrity/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.tech</span><span class="invisible">dirt.com/2025/03/14/dhs-buries-its-last-election-security-review-because-with-trump-in-charge-no-one-cares-about-election-integrity/</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/CISA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CISA</span></a>: We didn't fire <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/redteams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>redteams</span></a>, we just unhired a bunch of them<br>Agency tries to save face as it also pulls essential funding for <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/electionsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>electionsecurity</span></a><br>Former CISA employee <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ChristopherChenoweth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChristopherChenoweth</span></a>, senior pentester, said via LinkedIn he and more than 100 others had government contracts terminated on Feb 28, as ordered by Musk's <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a>. He said this comprised his entire red team and all support roles, and March 5 a second <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/redteam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>redteam</span></a> tasked with "mission-critical work" was also cut.<br><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/13/cisa_red_team_layoffs/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2025/03/13/cis</span><span class="invisible">a_red_team_layoffs/</span></a></p>
Global Threads<p>🇨🇦 CANADA<br>🔴 AI &amp; Foreign Interference: Canada’s Election at Risk?<br> <br>🪧 Canada’s CSE warns China, Russia &amp; Iran are "highly likely" to use AI-driven disinformation in upcoming elections.<br> <br>🪧 Politicians face hacking &amp; smear campaigns; deepfakes may deter candidates.<br> <br>🪧 With opposition pushing for a snap election, security measures are ramping up.<br> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElectionSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CyberThreats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CyberThreats</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Disinformation</span></a></p>
rexi<p><a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/02/trump-doge-layoffs-project-2025-election-security-cisa-firing.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">slate.com/news-and-politics/20</span><span class="invisible">25/02/trump-doge-layoffs-project-2025-election-security-cisa-firing.html</span></a></p><p>Who Will Protect Elections Now?</p><p>…Trump admin’s crusade against <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/federalagencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>federalagencies</span></a>: orders the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cybersecurity</span></a> and Infrastructure Security Agency <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CISA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CISA</span></a>…to stop “all election security activities” pending an internal review, and it halted funding for a critical group that helps officials monitor cyber threats. “Lawmakers, governors, and other public leaders, together with civil society, must step into the space vacated by the federal government.”</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/electionsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>electionsecurity</span></a></p>
Sheila DeBonis<a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/dropsitenews/p/why-we-should-still-audit-the-2024-presidential-election?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=android&amp;r=1fe58" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">open.substack.com/pub/dropsite…</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=uselection2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uselection2024</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=electionsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>electionsecurity</span></a>