January 18, 2021
The prospect of a second Senate trial for President Trump looms, as President-Elect Biden works to get more cabinet members approved.
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January 15, 2021
Misinformation experts worry that it could be harder to track calls to violence and false information on these more privacy-focused services.
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In the past week, encrypted messaging apps like Signal and Telegram have been downloaded tens of millions of times, making them some of the most popular apps worldwide right now.
U.S. officials are putting new emphasis on monitoring these platforms because they re being utilized by right-wing extremists like QAnon and the Proud Boys to plan what could become violent rallies at state capitols and the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden. These groups are burrowing into darker, more difficult recesses of the internet and social media, and as well, migrating a lot of their activities to encrypted platforms like Signal and Telegram, said Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO and national director of the Anti-Defamation League,