Mozilla's IRL podcast, hosted by Veronica Belmont, will return to podcatchers everywhere on Monday when the show returns for a second season. The first episode will look at bots and their effects.
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A new tool that the company first introduced last month is now live and allows users to check if they follow accounts associated with Russian propaganda. This does not extend to sharing their content.
Before the end of the year, there will be a tool in Facebook's Help Center which will allow users to see if they engaged with content made by the Internet Research Agency before the 2016 US election.
A report from CNN outlines how accounts associated with the Internet Research Agency ran a campaign on Pokemon GO that was apparently aimed at stoking racial tensions amongst US voters.
The executives of Facebook, Twitter, and Google will be testifying on November 1 before the Senate Committee investigating alleged state-sponsored meddling of the 2016 US presidential elections.
The Department of Homeland Security briefed officials from 21 US states who were believed to have been the target of hacking activities by foreign parties in the lead-up to the 2016 election.
Brad Smith published a response to the US election citing the importance of an inclusive economy, revamped public policies, infrastructure development, and collaboration with the new administration.
After accurately predicting over 95% of the winners in the 2014 US mid-terms, Microsoft has revealed that it expects Trump and Clinton to be the big winners in February's caucuses and primaries.
