https://video.pavel-english.ru/videos/watch/3fbddbe4-2df6-4114-a645-803ced5cf69d 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: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english/ep-201015 More 6 Minute English episodes: Food made in space https://youtu.be/_q8geBY3vPA The medicine of coronavirus https://youtu.be/gu_GfdJpdsA Is this the era of distrust? https://youtu.be/AhoslePC6yI Grandma therapy in Zimbabwe https://youtu.be/LXw2xdWqkS0 How can we make the web a better place? https://youtu.be/wMQjmpVgor8 Do chimps have the same emotions as us? https://youtu.be/x4HNOP6Ko6Y Vocabulary volunteer someone who works willingly without being paid, because they want to hacker someone who breaks into computer systems without permission in order to find information or do something illegal eligible qualified to do something by having the necessary requirements high-profile attracting a lot of attention and interest from the public, newspapers and the media (have) the keys to the castle (idiom) information or knowledge which gives the possessor access to power cybersecurity measures that are taken to protect organisations and their computer information against crimes and attacks carried out through the internet [Cover: Getty Images] #bbclearningenglish #learnenglish #internet #USelections #hacker #vote #ballot #trump #biden #president #voting Thu, 09 Jul 2026 04:35:08 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://video.pavel-english.ru https://video.pavel-english.ru/client/assets/images/icons/icon-96x96.png https://video.pavel-english.ru/videos/watch/3fbddbe4-2df6-4114-a645-803ced5cf69d All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://video.pavel-english.ru/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.