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How Google’s ad business funds disinformation around the world

Craig Silverman, Ruth Talbot, Jeff Kao, Anna Klühspies

This photo taken on March 5, 2020 shows nurses preparing to deliver yoghurt to patients at a temporary hospital set up for COVID-19 coronavirus patients in a sports stadium in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province. - China reported 30 more deaths from the new coronavirus outbreak on March 6, with fresh infections rising for a second straight day and 16 new cases imported from overseas. (STR/AFP via Getty Images)

Leaked documents show how China’s army of paid internet trolls helped censor the coronavirus

Jeff Kao, Aaron Krolik, Paul Mozur, Raymond Zhong

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Foreign hackers cripple Texas county’s email system, raising election security concerns

Jack Gillum, Jessica Huseman, Jeff Kao, Derek Willis

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How Larry King got duped into starring in Chinese propaganda

Renee Dudley, Jeff Kao

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File-sharing software on state election servers could expose them to intruders

Jack Gillum, Jeff Kao

FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2011 file photo, Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp speaks in Atlanta. The state of Georgia is asking President-elect Donald Trump to investigate “failed cyber-attacks” on its Secretary of State’s network firewall apparently by the U.S. Homeland Security Department. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File) (Associated Press)

Brian Kemp’s office quietly patched security holes in Georgia’s elections system they denied existed

Jack Gillum, Jessica Huseman, Mike Tigas, Jeff Kao, Stephen Fowler