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Officials say DHS rejected plan to shield election officials from harassment: report

Por: The Hill Tech September 24, 2022

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The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) turned down a multimillion-dollar proposal by a federally funded nonprofit to protect election officials from harassment ahead of November’s midterms, on Tuesday. Citing multiple people familiar with the matter, the outlet reported the proposal would track foreign influence activity and increase resources for reporting misinformation and... + full article



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