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Is Facebook Kicking People Out of Groups Who Don’t Participate?

18 January 2019

The technology giant has been taking measures to improve "meaningful" interactions on the platform.

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Russia Hackers Had Targets Worldwide, Beyond US Election

2 November 2017

Hacking group Fancy Bear had ambitions well beyond Clinton’s campaign, according to a previously unpublished...

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The Seth Rich Conspiracy Theory

25 May 2017

Russian embassies actively promoted a now-debunked conspiracy theory that the murdered DNC staffer leaked e-mails...

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Seth Rich’s Parents ‘Thank’ Internet for Spreading Rumor He Leaked Thousands of E-Mails to WikiLeaks?

22 May 2017

The murdered DNC staffer's parents posted a video to the family's GoFundMe page a month...

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Russia, U.S. Elections, and the Fake News Cycle

18 April 2017

How to walk the line between awareness and conspiracy theory.

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions Will Recuse Himself from Russian Election Hacking Probe

2 March 2017

Democrats sent a letter to FBI Director James Comey and U.S. Attorney Channing Phillips asking...

News

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Was a Vermont Power Grid Infiltrated by Russian Hackers? The Washington Post was heavily criticized for jumping the gun and suggesting a Vermont power...

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Mitch McConnell Blocked New Bipartisan Panel From Investigating Russian Hacks?

27 December 2016

The senator said in a television interview that he thought existing committees were capable of...

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Trump Takes Victory Tour of Moscow’s Red Square

19 December 2016

A report that Donald Trump would travel to Russia's famed Red Square as part of...

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Donna Brazile, President Obama Make Conflicting Statements About Russian Influence on the Election

19 December 2016

Interim DNC Chair Donna Brazile's claim that Russian hacking continued after the election didn't fully...

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Hackers Stole 273 Million Passwords, Login Credentials?

5 May 2016

A number of unsubstantiated reports claimed that a Russian hacker obtained passwords and credentials for...

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