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Officials say the biggest threat facing U.S. elections isn't Russian hacking or domestic voter fraud but disinformation and misinformation increasingly undermining the public’s perception of voting security.

A last-minute amendment will essentially force the U.S. Trade Representative to recognize restrictions on challenges to tech companies’ monopolistic power.

© istock Top social media platforms hundreds of policy changes in the past year and a half have failed to adequately address issues of disinformation, according to a report released Wednesday.  The analysis released by Decode Democracy, a campaign about political deception launched by the nonprofit research organization Maplight, deems the tech companies’ self-regulation practices insufficient and urges lawmakers to take action.  “This haphazard and reactionary pattern of behavior from l...