A Push to Protect Political Campaigns from Hackers Hits a Snag
Jun 07, 2019•6 min
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Episode description
Campaign finance laws prohibit businesses and even many nonprofits from directly contributing to political campaigns. They can’t even send pizza. Now, the United States Federal Election Commission may apply the same laws to block a cybersecurity firm from offering free or low cost defense services to campaigns, at a time when those protections are badly needed.
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