Entries by Ben Swann

Ben Swann ON: Is Voting By Cellphone and Blockchain Safe?

Silicon Valley has cyber-security experts on high alert with its most recent high-tech push—cell phone voting. Political operative Bradley Tusk, famous for assisting the Uber lobby, is behind this initiative. However, security experts are alarmed by this idea, arguing that the concept is a security disaster waiting to happen. Investigative journalist Ben Swann helps InQuestion […]

Ben Swann ON: New Facebook Chief Legal Cousel, Fmr. State Dept. Official

Jennifer Newstead, currently serving as legal adviser to the US State Department, is joining Facebook as its new general counsel. Newstead is known as co-author and passionate advocate of the controversial USA PATRIOT Act. Meanwhile Facebook has launched “CheckYourFact.com,” associated with the George Soros and State Dept. funded Poynter Institute which purports to be an […]