Hacking help for US elections - 6 Minute English

The 2020 presidential elections in the US, in which President Donald Trump faces the Democrat candidate Joe Biden, are causing a lot of controversy. In the US many votes are cast digitally and there are plans to enlist the help of hackers to reduce the risk of cyber-attacks on election day. Rob and Sam discuss the initiative and teach you vocabulary along the way. To download the audio and a transcript, go to our website: More 6 Minute English episodes: Food made in space The medicine of coronavirus Is this the era of distrust? Grandma therapy in Zimbabwe How can we make the web a better place? Do chimps have the same emotions as us? Vocabulary volunteer someone who work