Facebook invests in anti-hacking election initiative

Published July 26, 2017 7:39pm ET



Facebook has announced it will invest $500,000 in a Harvard-based nonprofit that aims to protect future elections from election hacking and foreign interference.

The initiative, called the Defending Digital Democracy Project, was launched last week by Robby Mook and Matt Rhoades, the former campaign chiefs for Hillary Clinton and Mitt Romney, respectively.

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