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There is an ongoing cyberattack on Russia’s Central Election Commission, targeting its information center, the body’s secretary has said. The commission’s website earlier came under a DDoS attack from 15 countries. “We are registering what is in fact a cyberattack on our information center,” the commission’s secretary, Maya Grishina, said. READ MORE: Russians vote in presidential […]
Discovery Communications Inc. announced today that the European Commission has approved its acquisition of Scripps Networks Interactive. The merger was announced last July and both companies’ shareholders voted to approve the $ 14.6 billion deal in November. Discovery, which owns TLC, Animal Planet and the Discovery Channel will gain Scripps holdings such as HGTV, Food […]
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Associated Press President Donald Trump has dissolved the commission investigating alleged voter fraud that it said happened during the 2016 election. Despite the closure, Trump repeated his claim that there is “substantial evidence of voter fraud.” The controversial Commission on Election Integrity achieved little and was hit by numerous lawsuits and an inability to gain […]
An electronic privacy advocacy group is “not a voter” and lacks the standing to sue the Trump administration’s voter fraud commission over the collection of voter data, a federal judge has ruled. Judge Stephen Williams, of the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, ruled Tuesday that the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) could not show that […]
Published time: 25 Dec, 2017 14:48 Edited time: 25 Dec, 2017 14:58 Opposition activist Aleksey Navalny cannot take part in the 2018 presidential race because of his unserved conviction, the Central Elections Commission announced on Monday. Navalny replied with a call to boycott the polls. During the announcement, members of the commission specified that the […]
AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais Fifteen states are refusing to hand over voter data to President Donald Trump’s Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity. States attorneys general who refused balked at the commission’s original request for information including partial Social Security numbers, dates of birth, addresses and voting history. The commission is tasked with investigating voter […]
Enlarge (credit: Peter Linehan / Flickr) The Los Angeles Police Department, one of the nation’s largest municipal police forces, approved a one-year pilot program for drones—making it the largest city in the nation to undertake such an evaluation. According to the Los Angeles Times, the LA Police Commission approved a set of policies that limits […]
Published time: 29 Sep, 2017 15:59 The European Commission will propose new rules next year to ensure that the online sector pays its fair share of taxes. The commission’s head, Jean-Claude Juncker, said on Friday in the Estonian capital Tallinn: “We are of the opinion that in the digital sector, tax has to be paid […]
Two congressmen have introduced legislation seeking to create a bipartisan commission to verify whether Iran is complying with the 2015 nuclear deal before President Donald Trump can make good on his campaign promise to scrap it. Representatives Gerry Connolly (D-Virginia) and Francis Rooney (R-Florida) are seeking to set up a commission that would include 16 members […]
