US states worried about election unrest take security precautions
Las Vegas, Nevada, US Reuters A security fence rings a Las Vegas building where Nevada tabulates votes. An Arizona sheriff has his department on high alert to guard against potential violence with drones and snipers on standby. Governors of at least three states have called for National Guard troops to help maintain the peace. As […]
Essay: Building democracy at, and beyond, the ballot box
BRIDGET MOIX, general secretary of the Friends Committee on National Legislation, says – in an article first published on Religion News Service, that the work of creating a more just, peaceful and inclusive democracy will be needed far beyond 5th November…
Staff at US voting machine firms prep for doxxing, misinformation and ‘swatting’
Detroit, US Reuters Staff at US voting machine companies have removed public information about themselves from the internet and have made contingency plans with local law enforcement ahead of the 2024 election, after suffering harassment in 2020, according to industry representatives. Following the 2020 election, which Republican candidate Donald Trump falsely claimed he had won, some […]
Trump fraud claims stir concerns of another contested US election
Philadelphia, US Reuters Republican Donald Trump’s false claims about voter fraud in the critical battleground of Pennsylvania have raised concerns he could again try to overturn election results if he fares poorly against Democrat Kamala Harris in Tuesday’s US presidential election. Opinion polls, both nationally and in the seven closely divided states, show former President […]
Essay: Moldova votes on whether to join EU as Russia intensifies vast disinformation campaign
In an article first published on The Conversation, STEFAN WOLFF says there has been an intensifying Kremlin-backed disinformation campaign in the run-up to Moldova’s EU membership vote…
Russia vs Ukraine: The biggest war of the fake news era
MAX HUNDER, of Reuters, reports on the information war taking place in the Ukraine conflict…
Essay: AI and toxic politics
MAL FLETCHER says while democracy is based on transparency, AI systems are opaque and we don’t always know who is building them, or who is misusing them…
Helpdesk: Seven ways to avoid becoming a misinformation superspreader when the news is shocking
H COLLEEN SINCLAIR, associate research professor of social psychology at Louisiana State University, provides some tips on how to avoid becoming part of the problem in these fraught times…
Essay: Misinformation – how fact-checking journalism is evolving and having a real impact on the world
In an article first published on The Conversation, PETER CUNLIFFE-JONES and LUCAS GRAVES look at the evolution of fact-checking methods around the world…
Disinformation surge threatens to fuel Israel-Hamas conflict
Amsterdam, The Netherlands/London, UK Reuters As the Israel-Hamas war rages, regulators and analysts say a wave of online disinformation risks further inflaming passions and escalating the conflict in an electronic fog of war. An explosion at a Gaza hospital that killed hundreds of Palestinians on Tuesday is the latest focus of the surge of activity […]