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Hong Kong protests test Beijing’s ‘foreign meddling’ narrative
Image copyright Getty Images A few months ago a Chinese official asked me if I thought foreign powers were fomenting Hong Kong’s social unrest. “To get so many people to come to the streets,” he mused, “must take organisation, a big sum of money and political resources.” Since then, the protests sparked at the beginning …
UK vulnerable to malicious meddling in election, warns study | Technology
Britain needs to take concerted action to reduce the risk of malicious actors in the UK and abroad from contaminating the results of a looming general election, according to a new study that warns of the risks of public “abuse and deception”. A group of experts say government, political parties and social media companies all …
Trump defends remark to Putin, says meddling came up again ‘after that’
“You have to take a look at the word. I did say it,” Trump said during a news conference in Osaka. On Friday, Trump lightheartedly told Putin, “Don’t meddle in the election” when asked by a reporter if the topic would come up during their bilateral meeting. The offhand remark, perhaps an attempt at levity, …
Is breaking up big tech the solution to online hate or election meddling?
Photo illustration by Matt Field. Photos by Senate Democrats, Lorie Shaull, and Andrew Bossie licensed through Creative Commons via Wikimedia Commons. The backlash against Silicon Valley’s tech titans is nearing full force. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, surging in the polls for the Democratic presidential race, put up a billboard in San Francisco blasting out her …
