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A tangled mess: Government rules for social media security lack clarity

FedScoop

In wake of SEC breach, federal policymakers, agencies, and experts can't seem to agree on whether agencies must use MFA on social media.

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Database of verified government social media accounts loses its teeth

FedScoop

Digital Registry, a database for tracking official government social media accounts, mobile websites, and apps. Part of the goal was to better track government social media efforts — and update an earlier federal social media registry meant to help people verify that government accounts were authentic.

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Justices Chide 5th Circ. In Biden Social Media Case

Government Contracts

The Fifth Circuit relied on "clearly erroneous" facts and an overgeneralized view of standing when it ordered the Biden administration to stop working with social media platforms to combat COVID-19 and election misinformation, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday as it threw out a challenge to the government's actions.

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BREAKING: High Court Axes Challenge To Biden Admin's Social Media Work

Government Contracts

Supreme Court wiped out a Fifth Circuit order prohibiting the Biden administration and several federal agencies from working with social media platforms to combat the spread of misinformation Wednesday, finding the states and individuals challenging the collaboration don't have standing to sue.

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Social Media Gives an Oklahoma Agency Its Voice

GovLoop

An interview with Kelly Adams, Communication and Education Supervisor, and Smokey Solis, Communication and Education Specialist, Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation In 2020, the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation adopted a unique — and often delightfully irreverent — approach to its use of social media.

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Social Media Gives an Oklahoma Agency Its Voice

GovLoop

In 2020, the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation adopted a unique — and often delightfully irreverent — approach to its use of social media. Social media helps build communities, of course, and about 10 years ago, an agency employee created a department Twitter account. It really was like the Wild, Wild West,” Adams said.

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Media Deluge Not Enough To Move Flint Water Case

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A water engineering company accused by the Michigan attorney general of prolonging Flint residents' lead exposure cannot move its eventual trial out of the region, a Michigan state judge ruled Wednesday, saying the company could not assume the entire jury pool was biased.

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