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What it means for the election that the government can talk to tech companies

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Shannon Bond

June 26, 2024

A right-wing legal and political campaign has disrupted the work of government agencies meant to safeguard voting and subjected researchers studying online harms to harassment and death threats. (AFP via Getty Images)

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