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Europe politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
21 hours ago

Peter Magyar vows to pursue those who plundered' Hungary, after election win

Peter Magyar pledges to restore democracy and combat corruption after winning Hungary's election, promising a new era of governance.
EU data protection
fromComputerworld
4 days ago

Hungarian government email passwords exposed ahead of election

Hungarian government email security breaches expose vulnerabilities, undermining claims of effective national security.
Europe politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
21 hours ago

Peter Magyar vows to pursue those who plundered' Hungary, after election win

Peter Magyar pledges to restore democracy and combat corruption after winning Hungary's election, promising a new era of governance.
EU data protection
fromComputerworld
4 days ago

Hungarian government email passwords exposed ahead of election

Hungarian government email security breaches expose vulnerabilities, undermining claims of effective national security.
#eric-swalwell
fromwww.npr.org
1 day ago
SF politics

Fighting assault allegations, Rep. Swalwell suspends his bid for California governor

Eric Swalwell suspends his California gubernatorial campaign amid false sexual assault allegations from four women, vowing to fight the claims outside of his campaign.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 day ago
SF politics

Abuse allegations against lead Democrat shake race for California governor

Sexual assault allegations against Eric Swalwell prompt calls for his resignation and have significantly impacted his gubernatorial campaign.
SF politics
fromwww.npr.org
1 day ago

Fighting assault allegations, Rep. Swalwell suspends his bid for California governor

Eric Swalwell suspends his California gubernatorial campaign amid false sexual assault allegations from four women, vowing to fight the claims outside of his campaign.
SF politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 day ago

Abuse allegations against lead Democrat shake race for California governor

Sexual assault allegations against Eric Swalwell prompt calls for his resignation and have significantly impacted his gubernatorial campaign.
US politics
fromwww.businessinsider.com
3 days ago

What bets are lawmakers and staffers making on prediction markets? They're not required to tell us.

Federal officials must disclose stock trades, but prediction market trades lack similar transparency, raising concerns about insider trading.
UK politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
4 days ago

Greens challenged over crackpot conspiracy theorist' candidates

The Independent reports on critical issues like reproductive rights and antisemitism in politics, emphasizing the need for accessible journalism.
Social media marketing
fromHer Campus
4 days ago

They Knew, They Didn't Care, & We Are All Paying For It

Social media platforms like Instagram have been found liable for mental health damage to young users, with internal documents revealing harmful strategies targeting teens.
California
fromSan Jose Inside
6 days ago

Here's a Look at the Tax Payments and Reported Incomes of Top Governor Candidates

Tom Steyer reported a total income of $39 million in 2024, surpassing all his major opponents combined.
US Elections
fromLos Angeles Times
6 days ago

At L.A. 'shadow hearing' on elections, House Democrats join experts to defend voting systems

House Democrats express confidence in voting systems, rejecting Trump administration's fraud claims and opposing voter ID laws that could disenfranchise millions.
LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
11 months ago

He'll never vote Republican again after state leaders bragged about tricking voters - LGBTQ Nation

An Ohio man vows to stop voting Republican after the party's manipulation of a ballot measure aimed at curbing gerrymandering.
London politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Your Party to focus local election efforts on backing independent candidates

Your Party is targeting urban areas with large Muslim populations to support independent candidates and community groups against Labour.
#election-integrity
fromsfist.com
3 days ago
SF politics

Friday Morning Constitutional: Democrats Holding 'Shadow Hearings' on Election Shenanigans

US politics
fromWIRED
5 days ago

The Next Attorney General Will Probably Be an Election Denier

A call featuring election deniers expressed frustration over the Department of Justice's handling of election integrity issues and claimed ongoing influence over Trump.
SF politics
fromsfist.com
3 days ago

Friday Morning Constitutional: Democrats Holding 'Shadow Hearings' on Election Shenanigans

Democrats are holding events to educate the public on election integrity amid concerns over election meddling.
SF politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 days ago

Anna Paulina Luna Makes Case For Kicking Eric Swalwell Out of Congress: Wouldn't Recommend' Democrats Protect This Kind of Garbage'

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna calls for the expulsion of Rep. Eric Swalwell over sexual misconduct allegations from former staffers.
Remote teams
fromTheregister
2 weeks ago

Security contractor blew the whistle on shabby support crew

Brad, a security contractor, faced challenges with antivirus alerts while working in a labor hire company's office without proper IT support.
#election-security
fromLos Angeles Times
1 week ago
US Elections

House Democrats to hold California 'shadow hearings' on midterm election security

California Democrats are holding hearings to defend state election systems against Trump's fraud allegations and threats of intervention.
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago
US politics

'The Trust Has Been Absolutely Destroyed'

Federal election-security cooperation is collapsing as state officials distrust federal actions like seizures, lawsuits, and investigations, jeopardizing joint protection of voting systems.
US Elections
fromLos Angeles Times
1 week ago

House Democrats to hold California 'shadow hearings' on midterm election security

California Democrats are holding hearings to defend state election systems against Trump's fraud allegations and threats of intervention.
#california
US Elections
fromLos Angeles Times
1 week ago

California election experts sound alarm as rejected ballots quadruple

California's mail-in ballots faced significant delays, with late arrivals increasing fourfold compared to the previous election, impacting vote counting.
SF politics
fromSan Jose Spotlight
6 days ago

Santa Clara County faces state investigation for Measure A mailers - San Jose Spotlight

California's FPPC investigates Santa Clara County for allegedly using public funds to promote a sales tax increase for hospitals.
#voter-registration
US politics
fromwww.npr.org
1 week ago

As DOJ prepares to share state voter data with DHS, a key privacy officer resigns

The DOJ is acquiring sensitive voter registration data, raising privacy concerns, as a key privacy officer resigns amid ongoing legal challenges.
US politics
fromwww.npr.org
2 weeks ago

The Justice Department plans to share sensitive voter data with Homeland Security

The DOJ plans to share voter registration data with DHS for citizenship verification, raising concerns about potential voter disenfranchisement.
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Our assumptions are broken': how fraudulent church data revealed AI's threat to polling

Fraudulent data in surveys undermines confidence in church attendance reports in Britain, highlighting issues with AI-generated misinformation.
Boston
fromBoston.com
3 weeks ago

AI attack ads are hitting Massachusetts political campaigns

Lawmakers in Massachusetts are considering regulations for AI use in political advertising due to concerns about misleading voters and democratic integrity.
SF politics
fromWIRED
5 days ago

Politicians Are Spending More Money on Security as They Increasingly Become Targets

Federal campaign spending on security for the 2024 election cycle exceeds five times that of the 2016 election due to rising threats against public servants.
EU data protection
fromBusiness Matters
2 weeks ago

How to Find Affordable Election Services for Unions

Union elections require careful selection of service providers to ensure reliability, security, and member participation while managing budgets and compliance.
SF politics
from48 hills
4 days ago

Why is the City Attorney's Office 'investigating' a leaked document? It's unprecedented and alarming - 48 hills

Confidential leaks are integral to democracy, despite attempts by politicians to control information.
Media industry
fromAxios
3 weeks ago

Joe Kent under FBI investigation for alleged leaks

National Counterterrorism Center leader Joe Kent resigned while under FBI investigation for suspected classified information leaks to conservative media figures regarding Israel, Iran, and other sensitive matters.
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

How will we know Labour is really cleaning up party funding? When Reform and the Tories fight like hell to stop it | Polly Toynbee

Government actions on political funding reforms are positive but insufficient, with calls for stronger measures against foreign influence.
Left-wing politics
fromSlate Magazine
3 weeks ago

They've Been Measuring the Health of Democracies for Years. Guess What Their New Report Says About America.

The Trump administration's dismantling of democratic institutions has caused the United States' democracy rating to fall to 1965 levels, representing unprecedented autocratization in modern times.
#voter-fraud
US Elections
fromEsquire
2 weeks ago

A Wisconsin Man Tried to "Test" the System by Committing Voter Fraud

A Wisconsin man was convicted for voter fraud after requesting ballots to expose vulnerabilities in the voting system, claiming his actions were investigative, not harmful.
SF politics
fromCalifornia Post
1 month ago

California is investigating apparent San Francisco voter petition fraud - as Republicans demand action

California authorities are investigating voter petition fraud after a video showed individuals paying $5 for signatures and directing people to sign fake names in San Francisco.
US Elections
fromEsquire
2 weeks ago

A Wisconsin Man Tried to "Test" the System by Committing Voter Fraud

A Wisconsin man was convicted for voter fraud after requesting ballots to expose vulnerabilities in the voting system, claiming his actions were investigative, not harmful.
SF politics
fromCalifornia Post
1 month ago

California is investigating apparent San Francisco voter petition fraud - as Republicans demand action

California authorities are investigating voter petition fraud after a video showed individuals paying $5 for signatures and directing people to sign fake names in San Francisco.
California
fromCalifornia Post
3 weeks ago

California sheriff seizes 650,000 ballots in defiance of state officials over election count dispute

Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco is investigating alleged excess votes in California's November 2025 election after claims from a third-party organization.
NYC politics
New York City's judicial elections lack public campaign financing, giving wealthy donors and personal wealth disproportionate influence over judicial selection compared to other elected offices.
#elections
SF politics
fromPadailypost
1 week ago

Candidate for elections officer was confused about party he joined

Jim Irizarry mistakenly registered with the American Independent Party for over 10 years, later changing to the Democratic Party.
SF politics
fromPadailypost
1 week ago

Candidate defends party registration

Jim Irizarry claims he mistakenly registered with a far-right party, while opponent David Canepa argues it was intentional and questions Irizarry's qualifications.
SF politics
fromPadailypost
1 week ago

Candidate for elections officer was confused about party he joined

Jim Irizarry mistakenly registered with the American Independent Party for over 10 years, later changing to the Democratic Party.
SF politics
fromPadailypost
1 week ago

Candidate defends party registration

Jim Irizarry claims he mistakenly registered with a far-right party, while opponent David Canepa argues it was intentional and questions Irizarry's qualifications.
#government-secrecy
Information security
fromTheregister
1 month ago

Hackers: Democracy's last line of cyber defense

The hacker mindset—analytical curiosity combined with systemic thinking—can defend democracy by creating decentralized communication tools that resist censorship and empower oppressed communities.
#reform-uk
UK politics
fromwww.bbc.com
3 weeks ago

Reform UK suspends Scotland candidate over financial allegations

Reform UK suspended candidate Stuart Niven pending investigation into financial conduct allegations.
UK politics
fromwww.bbc.com
3 weeks ago

Reform UK suspends Scotland candidate over financial allegations

Reform UK suspended candidate Stuart Niven pending investigation into financial conduct allegations.
US politics
fromemptywheel
4 weeks ago

Accountability - emptywheel

Accountability for Trump and his administration is essential to prevent him from scapegoating Muslims for failures resulting from his Iran conflict decisions.
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Ban corporate donations to UK political parties to protect elections, says thinktank

A thinktank warns that proposed UK election funding reforms inadequately address foreign interference through corporate donations and recommends banning corporate donations outright.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 weeks ago

Trump WH Throws Tulsi Gabbard Under the Bus For Reportedly Failing to Fire Joe Kent for Leaking

Joe Kent, Trump's counterterrorism director, resigned protesting Iran war, claiming Iran posed no imminent threat and the conflict resulted from Israeli pressure.
California
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago

$5 to sign a ballot petition with someone else's name? Video spurs California investigation

California's secretary of state launched an investigation after video evidence showed signature collectors paying people $5 to fraudulently sign initiative petitions under other people's names.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

Republican Candidate Paid Accused Forger to Collect Signatures To Get Name on Ballot

Republican congressional candidate Anthony Constantino allegedly hired an accused forger to collect ballot signatures, later terminating him upon discovering his criminal background.
US politics
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 month ago

Republican governor signs bill urging citizens to rat on "suspect" voters - LGBTQ Nation

South Dakota's new law allows voters to challenge other residents' voting rights based on suspected non-citizenship, requiring signed sworn statements with documented evidence filed 90 days before elections.
#election-observation
Left-wing politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

The Your Party committee election was chaos. Why break the habit of a lifetime?

Your Party's internal dysfunction, marked by leadership conflicts, financial misconduct allegations, and organizational chaos, has become embedded in its corporate culture, exemplified by a failed livestreamed election results announcement.
Law
fromAbove the Law
2 months ago

Accountability In An Age Of Unaccountability - Above the Law

Legal system turmoil: arrests, Epstein file fallout, judicial misconduct, and mounting ethical breaches requiring disbarment of dishonest administration lawyers.
World news
fromDataBreaches.Net
2 months ago

Under Pressure: Exploring the effect of legal and criminal threats on security researchers and journalists - DataBreaches.Net

Most surveyed journalists and security researchers face legal or criminal threats, yet most do not retract or change their work in response.
#corruption
fromDataBreaches.Net
1 month ago

Leaked Data Raises Questions About Hackers' Claims and Moldova's Prior Denial - DataBreaches.Net

The Compensatii platform enables residents to register and apply for compensation for energy bills, including heating, natural gas, and electricity, during the colder months. To register, applicants need to provide: The name, surname, and IDNP of all persons residing in the declared household; Data from energy consumption invoices; Mortgage loan amount and cadastral number (if applicable); The monthly income of each member for the months of April-September; Personal IBAN account for transferring the compensation.
US politics
fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

Looks Like We've Democratized Insider Trading

Prediction markets enable potential market manipulation through leaked information, raising concerns about insider trading and information asymmetry in event-based betting platforms.
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

Scandal-Scarred Winner of Democratic Primary Admitted He Was a Part-Time Texan

We only go [to Mexico] three months out of the year, we go May, June, and July in the summer because we-, I'm a winter Texan, right? Cause it gets hot here, bro, like real hot.
US politics
UK politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 months ago

Reform blames printer as it faces investigation into by-election leaflet

The Independent seeks donations to fund on-the-ground, paywall-free journalism across topics like reproductive rights, climate change, Big Tech, and political investigations.
US politics
fromAbove the Law
2 months ago

Judicial Candidate Learns The Hard Way That Extortion Is Not A Campaign Strategy - Above the Law

Incumbent Judge Lauren Reeder successfully removed challenger Kimberly McTorry from the ballot after a court found allegations of coercion, coordinated social-media pressure, and forged or invalid signatures.
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

The Guardian view on the Mandelson-Epstein emails: unavoidable questions of misconduct in public office | Editorial

Lord Mandelson should be investigated and stripped of his peerage for alleged financial payments and improper communications with Jeffrey Epstein while holding public office.
US politics
fromFlowingData
2 months ago

Searchable database of unregulated political contributions

527 organizations accept large, unrestricted contributions and collectively spent over $1 billion in 2022.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

The Labour Together scandal goes right to the heart of No 10 Starmer has nowhere to hide | Peter Geoghegan

In late 2023, Labour Together was ascendant. Under Keir Starmer, the group's anointed torchbearer, Labour had a double-digit lead in the polls. Morgan McSweeney, the man who built Labour Together, was preparing Starmer for government with great hopes of cleaning up politics. Now McSweeney is out of a job, Labour Together is mired in controversy and Starmer faces urgent questions about what he knew and when.
UK politics
fromNextgov.com
2 months ago

Gabbard's expanded role in election security draws scrutiny

The concerns follow a series of election-related actions by Gabbard, including her recent appearance during an FBI raid of a Fulton County, Georgia elections office that was at the center of President Donald Trump's false claims of election fraud in 2020. Her team seized voting machines in Puerto Rico last year, per Reuters reporting, and has since said the systems contain cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
US politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 months ago

Mandelson-Epstein latest: Starmer under pressure to release vetting documents

She told Sky News: "I think the Prime Minister has a lot of questions to answer, and not just him, but his chief of staff, and all the people in No 10 who pushed this appointment. "I think it is a national embarrassment. There are many people who should have been given that job, or who should have been interviewed for that job, and they didn't get a chance."
UK politics
US politics
fromEsquire
2 months ago

Tulsi Gabbard Is Every Bit the Grifter We Thought She Was

A highly classified whistleblower complaint alleges wrongdoing by DNI Tulsi Gabbard, sparking interagency disputes, national-security concerns, and potential executive-privilege claims.
US politics
fromAxios
1 month ago

"The subpoenas are coming," bipartisan firm warns corporate America

Congressional Democrats will intensify oversight of large corporations, supplementing administration probes with piercing corporate investigations and targeting AI, healthcare, crypto, utilities, trade, and pricing.
US politics
fromLGBTQ Nation
2 months ago

Trump tells Minnesota he'll "end the chaos" if state hands over its voter data - LGBTQ Nation

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi demanded Minnesota's unredacted voter rolls and other state data, linking compliance to restoring order and raising election-interference and privacy concerns.
US politics
fromIntelligencer
2 months ago

Why Is Tulsi Gabbard Investigating the 2020 Elections?

Donald Trump reposted discredited election conspiracy theories tying foreign actors and U.S. agencies to vote-flipping after FBI seized Georgia ballots, prompting scrutiny of Gabbard.
fromEmptywheel
2 months ago

NSA Probably Doesn't Have ALL of Hillary's Emails ... But Maybe Someone Should

I'm among those who believes Hillary Clinton's use of a privately run email server is an abuse of power. Doing so appears to have skirted laws ensuring good governance and it may well have exposed her communications to adversaries (including some who would have reason to use the contents of her email to help Republicans win the White House), even if her email would have been just as targeted at State, per reports about persistent hacking of it.
US politics
fromThe New Yorker
2 months ago

Is There a Remedy for Presidential Profiteering?

Trump and his family leveraged the presidency for large profit, including a secret Emirati payment and an A.I. chip sale, raising emolument and secrecy concerns.
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 months ago

Karoline Leavitt Throws Russiagate Back In Media's Face to Justify Gabbard's Election Probe

I've seen a lot of the media in this room get very caught up with the semantics of why Tulsi Gabbard is there. I will tell you why, and the president agrees with this, because election security is essential to national security; and as the director of national intelligence, it is a part of Ms. Gabbard's role to make sure that American elections are free of foreign interference and that American elections are safe and secure.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 months ago

Not Gonna Tolerate Leaks!' Karoline Leavitt Defends Search of WaPo Reporter's Home

I can confirm what the attorney general stated and the president as well, which is that the individual, unfortunately, a contractor at the Pentagon, chose to unlawfully leak classified and very serious information to this Washington Post reporter. She continued: Hence, why the reporter's home was looked into by the FBI, and rightfully so. And the administration is not going to tolerate leaks, especially from within the national security apparatus of the United States government that put our nation's integrity national security at risk.
US politics
fromNextgov.com
2 months ago

DOGE officials face Hatch Act referrals for work with org aiming to 'overturn election results'

The Social Security Administration made two Hatch Act violation referrals last month after a Department of Government Efficiency employee signed an agreement to share SSA data with a political advocacy group, according to a new court filing. That advocacy organization isn't named in the document, but its "stated aim was to find evidence of voter fraud and to overturn election results in certain States." Last March, the advocacy group contacted two DOGE associates at SSA "with a request to analyze state voter rolls that the advocacy group had acquired," the court filing says.
US politics
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