Free & Fair Elections

Foreign Interference

Attacks by foreign adversaries continue to threaten our elections. Learn more about our work to advance important bipartisan safeguards to stop online disinformation campaigns and close foreign lobbying loopholes.

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Reports

Digital Disaster

The failures of Facebook, Google, and Twitter’s political ad transparency policies...

Issue One’s latest report, “Digital Disaster: The failures of Facebook, Google, and Twitter’s political ad transparency policies,” reveals how piecemeal, voluntary approaches by the largest social media platforms to stop…

policy

Greater transparency for online political ads

The failures of Facebook, Google, and Twitter’s political ad transparency policies...

Addressing deficiencies in political disclosure rules that allow foreign actors to influence American politics anonymously through paid online advertising.

Reports

5 Loopholes That Allow Foreign Interference in Our Elections

While non-state actors and foreign governments are supposedly banned from interfering in U.S. elections, they are exploiting glaring weaknesses in our current laws...

Issue One’s latest report, “5 Loopholes That Allow Foreign Interference in Our Elections,” reveals how our broken political system allows China, Iran, Russia, and other foreign adversaries to interfere in U.S.…

Podcast episodes

Swamp Stories Episode 8: The Russians Are Coming

“Now, 21st century soldiers of a different sort sit in dark rooms in far corners of the world, seeking to disrupt our elections, trying to sow division through digital…

Reports

Closing the Digital Loopholes That Pave the Way For Foreign Interference In U.S. Elections

New research study supports the Honest Ads Act...

Note: This post was corrected to reflect an update in the number of suspicious groups in the underlying study.* Today, Issue One and the Campaign Legal Center, in conjunction with…

TV appearances

Experts warn North Korea will likely attack the U.S. presidential election

Issue One ReFormers Caucus Co-chair and former Congressman Zach Wamp (R-TN) was interviewed by Fox News’ Eric Shawn this past weekend on “America’s News HQ” about the recent threat…

Press releases

The special counsel’s report confirms sweeping and systemic foreign interference in our elections

Here’s what we knew long before Robert Mueller’s redacted report was released: Foreign governments and anti-American forces want to disrupt U.S. elections. They want to destabilize the sacred processes at…

Legislation & policy analysis

Arizona Senator Martha McSally (R) supports key election security legislation endorsed by Issue One’s “Don’t Mess With US” project

This week, Arizona Republican Senator Martha McSally co-sponsored the DETER Act (S. 1060), one of the bills in the suite of legislative proposals Issue One’s “Don’t Mess With US” project…

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Issue One criticizes Trump administration’s rollback of safeguards against foreign influence operations

The Washington Post: Outraged? You’re more likely to share misinformation, study finds.

Issue One's "Flooding the Gap" report cited; Legislative Manager of Technology Reform Jamie Neikrie quoted...

New Issue One report details how Big Tech’s failures empowered foreign adversaries during 2024 election cycle

The Washington Post: Outraged? You’re more likely to share misinformation, study finds.

New Issue One report, "Flooding the Gap," cited...

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Feb 07, 2025

Press releases

Issue One criticizes Trump administration’s rollback of safeguards against foreign influence operations

In response to the recent news that Justice Department Attorney General Pam Bondi would limit enforcement of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) and disband the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task…

Dec 12, 2024

Event Recaps

Panel discusses building a more democratic and resilient information environment

This week, Issue One hosted a panel to dig deeper into our most recent report, “Flooding the Gap: How Big Tech’s Failures Empowered Foreign Adversaries and Undermined the 2024 U.S.…

Dec 04, 2024

In the media

The Washington Post: Outraged? You’re more likely to share misinformation, study finds.

Issue One's "Flooding the Gap" report cited; Legislative Manager of Technology Reform Jamie Neikrie quoted...

Dec 04, 2024

Press releases

New Issue One report details how Big Tech’s failures empowered foreign adversaries during 2024 election cycle

Today, Issue One published a new report, “Flooding the Gap: How Big Tech’s Failures Empowered Foreign Adversaries and Undermined the 2024 U.S. Election,” highlighting how the design and operations of…

Dec 04, 2024

In the media

The Washington Post: Outraged? You’re more likely to share misinformation, study finds.

New Issue One report, "Flooding the Gap," cited...

Dec 04, 2024

Reports

Flooding the Gap

How Big Tech’s Failures Empowered Foreign Adversaries and Undermined the 2024 U.S. Election...

Jamie Neikrie and Liana Keesing authored this report. Michael Beckel, Angelina Clapp, Alix Fraser, Abigail Gaetz, Oliver Ni, and Claire Woodall contributed to this report.

Nov 14, 2024

Analysis

The Democracy Multiverse: Assessing the 2024 Elections

Introduction In the 2024 elections, democracy felt less like a shared experience and more like a multiverse — a realm where different realities collided and coexisted, often with jarring contrast.…

Jun 04, 2024

Press releases

Dozens of bipartisan election officials, former members of Congress, national security leaders, and government officials call on Congress to invest in our critical election infrastructure

Ahead of a key appropriations markup in the House this week, nearly fifty bipartisan election officials, former members of Congress, Cabinet secretaries, and national security leaders are calling on Congress…

May 15, 2024

Press releases

National security leaders from Issue One’s National Council on Election Integrity respond to the Senate Intelligence Committee’s hearing on 2024 election threats

In response to today’s Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, which focused on foreign threats to our election infrastructure, Issue One released the following statement from former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel…

Mar 20, 2024

Press releases

Issue One commends House for bipartisan vote that would prevent Americans’ sensitive data from being sold to foreign adversaries

Following a unanimous vote in the House in support of the Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act (H.R. 7520), which would prevent the sale of sensitive American data to…