Two eye-popping revelations have tumbled out of America’s tech world this month. The first was the news that Equifax, the credit agency, suffered a huge cyber hack that the company woefully mishandled, putting the data of 143m Americans at risk.
The second is the admission by Facebook that it has uncovered at least $100,000-worth of advertisements placed on its platform by Russian-backed groups meddling in American elections. It comes after news of widespread manipulation by malevolent actors in the social media space.
These scandals may force American politicians in Congress and state legislatures to focus, finally, on what is happening in the weeds of the internet.
您已阅读14%（673字），剩余86%（4115字）包含更多重要信息，订阅以继续探索完整内容，并享受更多专属服务。