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Chinese social media accounts are increasingly spreading disinformation ahead of the 2024 US presidential election in November.The New York Times reported Monday that the US government and researchers are warning about the digital threat and how it mirrors previous Russian tactics.The report described several Chines...

Sen. Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, said he is rolling out a new piece of legislation in the next few weeks that would ban government agencies, such as law enforcement, from purchasing people's data and obtaining their personal information.In an interview with The Verge, Wyden outlined his plans for the bill, named ...

The hacking group responsible for taking down Fulton County's websites in Georgia is threatening to publish documents from the state's court system — including ones related to the criminal case against Donald Trump — unless it gets paid a ransom.In a message posted online Saturday, in both English and Russian, the h...