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Republican leader shares faked video of disabled activist on Twitter

The Verge

In the video , a conversation between Barkan and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, Barkan asks “But do we agree that we can redirect some of the funding?” There's a clip here of @AdyBarkan , who has ALS and speaks via voice assistance, asking Biden about "re-directing" public safety funding. The clip alters the quote.

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The viral tweet about Trump refusing to give Biden his @POTUS followers is wrong, even if it is on-brand

Vox

When Joe Biden becomes president on January 20, his administration will gain control of the @POTUS and @WhiteHouse Twitter accounts. The transfer has become an issue between Twitter and the Biden transition team, according to the Wall Street Journal. Biden digital director Rob Flaherty agreed.

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Instagram disables related hashtags feature after bug that appeared to favor Trump

The Verge

The issue came to light after a Tech Transparency Project (TTP) report , further explored by BuzzFeed News , found that the bug affected Trump-related hashtags but not those related to Joe Biden. A technical error caused tens of thousands of hashtags to not show related tags.

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Google says foreign hackers targeted emails of Trump and Biden campaign staffers

The Verge

Foreign hackers targeted the personal email accounts of staffers on the presidential campaigns of Democratic primary candidate Joe Biden and President Donald Trump, Reuters reported. Recently TAG saw China APT group targeting Biden campaign staff & Iran APT targeting Trump campaign staff with phishing.

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Why the Trump campaign is going all-in on YouTube 

Vox

The thumbnail of the latter video, which is the same 10-second ad on loop for more than 30 minutes, features Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s face turned green and flanked by the zombie emoji. Since it was published a few days before Halloween, the Joe Biden zombie video has been viewed more than 7 million times.

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TikTok could avoid a ban with a sale. Finding a buyer won’t be easy.

Vox

The Senate is now considering a bipartisan bill that could force a sale of TikTok , with the House having already passed a similar measure and President Joe Biden throwing his support behind it. If the legislation is signed into law — and if it survives likely legal challenges — the question then becomes: Who would buy TikTok?

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YouTube’s lax misinformation rules are letting election lies spread

The Verge

“They think that they can add 100,000 votes that no one gets to see or review, and all 100,000 votes are for Joe Biden and that Republicans will just accept those votes as fact? Joe Biden didn’t campaign much — he’s senile, and is expected to be removed from office if elected.”.