Rudy Giuliani during an appearance before the Michigan House Oversight Committee on Dec. 2, 2020. Rey Del Rio/Getty Images Voting machine maker Dominion Voting Systems
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Mob storms Capitol halting election vote count
US Capitol police officers point their guns at a door that was vandalized in the House Chamber during a joint session of Congress on Wednesday.
COVID-19, presidential election top Wikipedia’s most-read articles in 2020
Wikipedia relies on tens of thousands of volunteer editors Getty Images For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO
YouTube will remove any new videos alleging Trump lost election because of fraud
YouTube has more than 2 billion monthly visitors. Angela Lang/CNET YouTube will remove any new videos alleging that President Donald Trump lost the US election
Google’s top trending US search terms of 2020: ‘election results’ and ‘coronavirus’
“Election results” was the top trending search of the year. Getty Images It’s been an unprecedented year. The world faced a deadly pandemic and the
Facebook reportedly tweaked algorithm to make a ‘nicer news feed’ following US election
Angela Lang/CNET This story is part of Elections 2020, CNET’s coverage of the voting in November and its aftermath. In the days following the US
Senate Democrats urge YouTube to remove election misinformation
Angela Lang/CNET A group of Democratic senators has demanded that misinformation about the election be taken down from YouTube, the most popular video platform in
Trump fires top cybersecurity official for debunking election fraud claims
Chris Krebs was fired by Donald Trump over disputing Trump’s election fraud claims. Tom Williams / Contributor / Getty Images President Donald Trump has fired
Facebook labels reportedly ineffective at confining Trump’s false election claims
Facebook labels didn’t do much to prevent the spread of President Trump’s unsubstantiated allegations of election fraud, according to a Facebook data scientist. Angela Lang/CNET
US election security groups call 2020 election ‘most secure in American history’
CISA Director Christopher Krebs Getty Images This story is part of Elections 2020, CNET’s coverage of the voting in November and its aftermath. The US
Top US election official refutes false claims of election fraud. Now he expects to be fired, report says
CISA Director Christopher Krebs expects to be asked to resign, Reuters reported Thursday. His agency’s website debunked baseless claims of voter fraud, which reportedly led
Twitter labeled 300k election tweets with misleading or disputed content, report says
Twitter has been cracking down on election misinformation. Angela Lang/CNET Twitter added labels with additional context to around 300,000 tweets with potentially misleading or unconfirmed