Neowin News Feed for: Democracy

The White House wants to fund tech projects that help evade censorship and boost privacy

Paul Hill — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 19:42:01 +0000

The White House is looking to dish out prize money to tech projects that can help activists living in authoritarian countries bypass censorship or help to boost their online privacy. Read more...

Microsoft expands AccountGuard features to high-risk entities in 31 countries

Usama Jawad — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 04:52:01 +0000

Microsoft is expanding its identity and access management protections available in AccountGuard to high-risk customers in 31 democracies at no extra cost. It contains features like MFA and SSO. Read more...

Facebook unveils plans to help protect Indian elections

Paul Hill — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 11:16:01 +0000

Facebook has announced a raft of measures that it has been working on for the past 18 months in order to protect the upcoming General Election in India. The measures expand on those in other regions. Read more...

Satya Nadella responds to employee complaints about HoloLens deal with U.S. military

Usama Jawad — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 14:16:01 +0000

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has defended the company's decision to work with the U.S. military, saying that " it's really about being a responsible corporate citizen in a democracy". Read more...

Facebook launches Ad Archive Report to make platform advertising more transparent

Paul Hill — Wed, 24 Oct 2018 08:58:01 +0000

Facebook has launched its Ad Archive Report tool which lets you search for political ads and those pertaining to issues of national importance. The social media company will update the archive weekly. Read more...

Facebook launches pilot program to help protect those running in the U.S. midterms

Paul Hill — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 01:58:02 +0000

Facebook has announced a new security pilot program aimed at candidates and staff members participating in the upcoming U.S. midterm elections. If the pilot is successful it could be expanded. Read more...

Facebook announces further measures to tackle “false news”

Paul Hill — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 14:04:02 +0000

Facebook has announced a raft of updates for its platform which it says will help improve the service by protecting users from false news. It detailed new methods it uses to detect false news too. Read more...

Facebook admits its "corrosive" effect on democracy

Gabriel Nunes — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 21:30:01 +0000

Facebook has admitted that social media "allows people to spread misinformation and corrode democracy". Also, the company announced it will hire more than 10,000 people this year to tackle the issue. Read more...

Twitter emailing those who retweeted Russian bots

Paul Hill — Sat, 20 Jan 2018 17:08:01 +0000

Twitter says that it will send emails to more than half a million Americans to let them know that accounts they interacted with were actually phony Russian bots run by the Internet Research Agency. Read more...

Facebook steps up its fight against fake news during the Kenyan election

Dreyer Smit — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 15:24:01 +0000

With the Kenyan elections around the corner, Facebook Africa is stepping up its efforts to curb the spread of fake news on its platform that could negatively affect the election on August 8. Read more...