Updating voter registration lists is important and underappreciated work that ensures everyone can participate on Election Day. Josh Visnaw, Project Manager at VoteFlare, explains how the initiative is helping on that front with its text messaging alert system.

Online gambling has become increasingly prevalent in recent years. Young people who are surrounded by ads and promotions from sports betting companies run the risk of becoming addicted, says Yanely Espinal of Marketplace’s “Financially Inclined.”

Jewel Burks Solomon, managing partner at Collab Capital, joins Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino for Tech Bytes: Week in Review.

Accurate political polling often relies on people answering the phone and giving honest answers. Harvard’s Bruce Schneier is investigating digital personas’ potential to fill in the response and reliability gaps.

As the federal government’s lawyer argued the short-form app posed a national security threat, TikTok and some of its users argued a potential ban is unconstitutional. Anupam Chander, professor of law and technology at Georgetown Law, says judges are mixed on the case.

Journalist Steven Brachmann explains why Tennessee, Illinois and California have taken action against unauthorized deepfakes. Congress is weighing a bipartisan federal effort.

A recent report from Cybersecurity for Democracy looked at Meta’s ads library and found that a majority of ads that linked to Telegram involved channels promoting the sale of drugs, financial scams and child sexual abuse material.

Paresh Dave, senior writer at Wired, joins Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino for “Tech Bytes: Week in Review.”

Axios reporter Brady Dale explains why the cryptocurrency industry is spending millions on down-ballot races and supporting candidates from both sides of the political aisle.