The problems keep piling up for Facebook, and it's unclear how long the internet giant will be able to brush them aside as it barrels toward acquiring its next billion users. The world's biggest social network has unwittingly allowed groups backed by the Russian government ...
U.S. investigators wiretapped former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort under secret court orders before and after the 2016 election, CNN reported Monday. The New York Times, citing two people close to the case, also reported that prosecutors told Manafort they planned to indict him. Federal ...
The family of former U.S. national security adviser Michael Flynn has established a legal defense fund for him as he is scrutinized by investigators looking into Russia's meddling in the 2016 election. "The various investigations arising out of the 2016 presidential election have placed a ...
A female lawmaker in the spotlight over allegations that she physically and verbally abused a secretary in May, expressed her desire Monday to run in a possible upcoming general election. Although Mayuko Toyota, who quit the ruling Liberal Democratic Party after the scandal broke, apologized ...
A package of bills related to work-life reforms, including one aimed at rectifying long working hours, are expected to be a key issue during the session.
The U.S. Justice Department has asked the Russian broadcaster RT to register its American operations as a "foreign agent," putting fresh pressure on a major media group that Washington regards as Moscow's propaganda arm. RT said late Monday that the company that supplies all the ...
Some of the ads bought by Russians on Facebook last year promoted events during the U.S. presidential election campaign, Facebook Inc. said Tuesday, indicating that alleged meddling ahead of the 2016 election went beyond social media. Facebook said in a statement that its takedown of ...
Sen. Ted Cruz says an aide was responsible for the "like" that caused a pornographic post to briefly appear on Cruz's Twitter feed overnight. The Texas Republican and 2016 presidential candidate said Tuesday that several aides have access to the account and that one inadvertently ...
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull brushed off criticism Monday of a photo of him nursing a beer while holding his granddaughter as online "craziness." Turnbull posted the image he labeled "multitasking" on Facebook over the weekend as he watched an Australian Rules game in Sydney. It ...
Senior U.S. and Russian envoys are to meet next week in Scandinavia in a bid to calm escalating diplomatic tensions that have sparked a return to Cold War-era animosity, U.S. officials said Friday. The State Department's third-ranking official, Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Thomas ...
President Donald Trump's eldest son cast his meeting with a Russian lawyer last year as simply an opportunity to learn about Hillary Clinton's "fitness, character or qualifications," insisting Thursday to Senate investigators behind closed doors that he did not collude with Russia to hurt ...
U.S. legislation may be needed to require social media companies to disclose more about how their platforms are used for political advertising, a senior Democratic lawmaker said Thursday, after new signs of Russian efforts to influence the 2016 election. Facebook said Wednesday that an operation ...
