Washington, Oct 14 (IANS) Former White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus has been reportedly questioned by special counsel Robert Mueller’s team in charge of the Russia-related investigation into Moscow’s alleged meddling in the 2016…
Washington, Oct 14 (IANS) As Twitter handed over to the US Senate the details of 201 handles linked to alleged Russian efforts to meddle in the presidential elections last year, a separate report has suggested…
Washington, Oct 14 (IANS) Twitter has turned over to the US Senate 201 profile names of accounts associated with alleged Russian effort to meddle in the presidential election last year. The handover took place this…
San Francisco, Oct 13 (IANS) As people debate Facebook’s role in influencing people during the US presidential elections by Russian ads and fake news on the platform, the company’s COO Sheryl Sandberg has stressed that…
San Francisco, Oct 13 (IANS) Keeping up with its promise to help the US Congress to probe misinformation spread on its platform via Russian ads during the US presidential poll, Facebook has blocked a researcher…
San Francisco, Oct 12 (IANS) The US House Intelligence Committee leaders have announced to make some of the 3,000 Russian ads public that appeared on Facebook during the 2016 US presidential election. The decision was…
San Francisco, Oct 9 (IANS) After Facebook and Twitter admitting the presence of Russian operatives on their platforms to influence the 2016 US presidential election, Google has reportedly discovered that millions were spent on ads…
San Francisco, Oct 7 (IANS) US President Donald Trump’s 2016 election campaign received help from handpicked Republican-supporting Facebook employees, revealed the man who directed the digital aspects of the campaign. In an interview given to…
San Francisco, Oct 3 (IANS) An estimated 10 million people in the US saw the Russian ads that were present on Facebook during the 2016 presidential election, the social media giant said while finally handing…
Washington, Sep 15 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said his former Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, “blames everybody but herself for her election loss” last November. Trump’s tweets came as CNN broadcast an interview on Wednesday…
San Francisco, Sep 7 (IANS) An internal investigation at Facebook has revealed that fake Russian accounts bought nearly $100,000 of political ads during the 2016 US election campaign. The ads and accounts appeared to focus…
Washington, July 25 (IANS) US President Donald Trump took to social media to ask why congressional committees and Attorney General Jeff Sessions are not investigating the links between the Russian government and “dishonest” Hillary Clinton,…
Washington, July 24 (IANS) Jared Kushner, the senior adviser and son-in-law of US President Donald Trump, has, in a statement sent to the Senate and House Intelligence Committees and published by local media, denied having…
Washington, July 24 (IANS) US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior White House adviser Jared Kushner said on Monday that neither he nor any member of the Trump campaign team colluded with Russian officials over…
Washington, July 23 (IANS) A majority of US voters say that it was not appropriate for one of US President Donald Trump’s sons to accept an offer to meet with a Russian lawyer who promised…
San Francisco, July 22 (IANS) US Tech giant Microsoft is going after a Russian hacking group believed to be connected to the country’s intelligence agency GRU and behind several high-profile cyber attacks including on the…
Washington, July 20 (IANS) US President Donald Trump’s oldest son and the chairman of his 2016 campaign will testify next week before the Senate Judiciary Committee about alleged Russian interference in the elections, the panel…
Washington, July 18 (IANS) White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer has accused the Democrats of “collusion” with Ukraine during the 2016 presidential election. Spicer’s comments on Monday were likely based on a January report by…
London, July 13 (IANS) Criticism by documents posted by global whistleblower WikiLeaks on Twitter played a key role in the failure of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016 US presidential race, an…
Washington, July 12 (IANS) Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has claimed that he contacted US President Donald Trump’s son to publish via WikiLeaks the emails about setting up a meeting with a Russian lawyer who claimed…