Facebook confirmed it is placing limits on algorithmic group recommendations ahead of this week’s US elections as company cracks down on misinformation

Facebook confirmed it is placing limits on algorithmic group recommendations ahead of this week’s US elections as company cracks down on misinformation
Facebook tells New York University researchers to stop collecting data on how it targets political ads, with days to go before US election
Twitter bars premature post-eleection declarations of victory, slaps restrictions on misleading content posted by US politicians
A new regulatory body is needed to police social media firms’ ‘very disturbing’ use of personal data for political purposes, Elizabeth Denham tells Parliament
The US Senate quizzes Twitter’s Jack Dorsey and Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg as midterm elections loom
Dozens of accounts were involved in ‘coordinated inauthentic behaviour’, but Facebook stops short of saying Russia’s to blame
Parent firm SCL had ‘routine access’ to secret government information and worked with the Ministry of Defence on psychological operations, say whistleblower papers
The new Harvard programme is intended to put local and national election campaigns on guard against nation state hacking attacks
More than 1,000 cyber incidents were reported to the National Cyber Security Centre in its first year, including some affecting the NHS and Parliament
Germany’s cyber-security bureau said it has moved to a position of heightened readiness as the autumn’s federal elections near
GCHQ warns that Russian tempering during US Presidential election is likely to happen again
Major tech firms are clearly on the side of Hillary Clinton with Trump failing to win much favour in Silicon Valley
Barnet constituents turned away from polling stations this morning following electoral register errors
Each presidential candidate has a campaign website, but which one is the best and which is the worst?
Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders shuns Microsoft’s Iowa caucus vote tracker because of Microsoft’s 2008 Clinton donations
The recently introduced online registration platform is a big hit with young voters
The new online service helps citizens get on the electoral roll in minutes instead of days
The first known attempted hack of a US election occurred in the 2012 primary in Miami-Dade County, Florida, last year, according to researchers
YouTube is asking users to upload their videos, as the US prepares to vote in the Presidential elections
President Obama still has the support of professionals in the IT industry, according to a new survey, but this has dropped from four years ago