Political Process

Former Democratic operative Tara McGowan is sinking millions into Meta’s ad network to build Courier Newsroom, a media powerhouse for the left.

With advances in technology over the past couple of decades, politicians now can mine a trove of data to inform decisions during election campaigns.

After the 2016 US election and ensuing Cambridge Analytic scandal, there was a lot of scaremongering around digital election campaigning. But this hysteria is, for the most part, unfounded.

Psychologist Michal Kosinski developed a method to analyze people in minute detail based on their Facebook activity. Did a similar tool help propel Donald Trump to victory? Two reporters from Zurich-based Das Magazin went data-gathering.​

Groups and activists across Europe are pushing back against the social network over its potential impact on elections.

The suspected Chinese influence operation had limited success. But it signals a growing threat from a new disinformation adversary.

While cybersecurity and foreign meddling remain priorities, domestic threats against election workers have risen to the top of the list.

Machine learning can help count people to deliver government funding and decide political representation, but the technology still makes mistakes.

While some experts are concerned with China's growing role in setting global technology standards, others see opportunity.

Social media companies are making plans in case of unrest after election day.

Big data increasingly allows us to predict the future. Will it be capable of predicting who will become the next President of the United States?

Russian hackers may have cracked 39 states during US presidential election, claims report