Daily Archives: 10/26/2018


Study: Online Attacks on Jews Ramp Up Before Election Day

Far-right extremists have ramped up an intimidating wave of anti-Semitic harassment against Jewish journalists, political candidates and others ahead of next month’s U.S. midterm elections, according to a report released Friday by a Jewish civil rights group. The Anti-Defamation League’s …


Facebook Removes Iran-Linked Accounts Spreading False Info

Facebook says it has removed 82 pages, accounts and groups linked to Iran from its service and from Instagram for spreading misinformation. The company says the accounts were targeting U.S. and U.K. citizens and typically represented themselves to be American …


US Stocks Plunge, Then Recover Some Ground Friday

U.S. stock market indexes fell sharply in Friday’s early trading, but saw losses ease later in the day.  At one point the S&P 500 and the Dow were down by two percent or more, while the NASDAQ was off by …