We’ve got bigger problems in November than foreign disinformation
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English - August 17, 2020 09:57 - 8 minutes - 11.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratingsTechnology Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The Democratic National Convention starts Monday, kicking the run-up to the November election into even higher gear. Representatives from big tech companies met with officials from the FBI and Department of Homeland Security last week to coordinate responses to malicious disinformation campaigns on their platforms. Kimberly Adams speaks with Alex Stamos, the former chief security officer at Facebook, who now directs the Stanford Internet Observatory. He said COVID-19 “pre-hacked” the election because so many states have had to change procedures on short notice.