Category: mark warner

Senate: Obama Admin. wasn’t prepared to handle Russian interference

Post author By Randall
Post date February 6, 2020
Categories In 2016 election, Election, election interference, gear, interference, mark warner, obama, obama administration, Politics, report, richard burr, Russia, Security, select committee on intelligence, senate, Tech

[ad_1] Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-NC) said the Obama administration “struggled to determine the appropriate response” and “debated courses of action without truly taking one.” The administration worried about alarming the American people and that a statement could be perceived as political, given that then-President Obama was actively campaigning for Hillary Clinton. “There were many […]

Intelligence Committee releases heavily redacted report on 2016 election hacking

Post author By Randall
Post date July 25, 2019
Categories In 2016 election, 2020 election, intelligence committee, mark warner, Politics, richard burr, ron wyden, Security, senate, Tech

[ad_1] Today the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence released Vol. 1 of its report (PDF) on Russian attempts at election hacking in 2016. However, much of the information in it has already been released — like knowledge that hacking attempts reached all 50 states in one form or another — or is blacked out. […]

Senate bill would ban deceptive data collection by internet giants

Post author By Randall
Post date April 9, 2019
Categories In bill, data, deb fischer, detour, detour act, Facebook, Ftc, gear, Google, Internet, law, legislation, mark warner, Politics, Privacy, senate, Tech

[ad_1] The legislation would also require disclosure of experiments to users and the public at least once every 90 days, and would mandate independent review boards for any behavioral or psychological research. The Federal Trade Commission would handle any violations alongside an external registered agency. As Senators Fischer and Warner describe DETOUR, this is about […]