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Philippines sees fastest election results ever despite voting machine bugs
Despite a record number of malfunctioning machines, the Philippines reported the fastest transmission of election results in its history. Read more…
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Social media disinformation under scrutiny ahead of Philippine elections
Social media platforms are being increasingly scrutinized in the lead-up to the Philippine elections following several controversies that have raised the spectre of disinformation and its impact on the outcome. Recently, Facebook took down the Read more…
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Indonesia lifts social media restrictions imposed for elections
Indonesia has lifted temporary social media restrictions that were imposed to stop online hoaxes during violence around official election results. Read more…
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Indonesian elections not at risk from cyber attacks – really?
Presidential and legislative polls in Indonesia next month are not at risk of disruption from cyber attacks, the head of the election commission has said. Read more…
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Facebook, Twitter remove accounts before Bangladesh elections
DHAKA (Reuters) – Facebook and Twitter said on Thursday they had removed accounts and fake news pages linked to the Bangladesh government which had posted anti-opposition content, days ahead of an election in the South Read more…
Features
Friday Futures: wrong universe theory, sassy bots
Welcome to Friday Futures, our weekly guide to the latest visions of The Future from around the web. This week: theory of the universe could be wrong; sassy bots; self assembling proteins; blockchain based elections; an Read more…