Hacker News with Generative AI: Elections

The Rise and Fall of America's Response to Foreign Election Meddling (lawfaremedia.org)
The administration is dismantling U.S. capacity against foreign interference despite the urgency of the work being done.
Politics, Foreign Policy, Elections, United States, National Security
39 points by mplanchard 16 hours ago | 10 comments
OpSec: Trump Dismantles Government Fight Against Foreign Influence Operations (nytimes.com)
The Trump administration is targeting government officials who had been flagging foreign interference in U.S. elections, despite continuing concerns that adversaries are stoking political and social divisions by spreading propaganda and disinformation online, current and former government officials said.
Politics, Government, Foreign Interference, Disinformation, Elections
17 points by DrNosferatu 21 hours ago | 4 comments
Germany: Far-right political bias ahead of federal elections in X and TikTok (techcrunch.com)
Recommendation algorithms operated by social media giants TikTok and X have shown evidence of substantial far-right political bias in Germany ahead of a federal election that takes place Sunday, according to new research carried out by Global Witness.
Social Media, Politics, Germany, Elections, Research
14 points by doener 1 day ago | 9 comments
3.5M Voters Were Purged During 2024 Presidential Election [video] (youtube.com)
Politics, Elections, Voting, Video
10 points by westurner 7 days ago | 4 comments
Trump and Musk can't seem to locate much evidence of fraud (msn.com)
Politics, Elections, Social Media, Elon Musk, Donald Trump
40 points by cratermoon 8 days ago | 13 comments
Russia employing sophisticated DeepFakes to influence German Elections (nytimes.com)
In the first major European vote since President Trump’s re-election, influence campaigns are targeting Germany from two sides.
Russia, Deepfakes, Elections, Germany, Political Influence
31 points by DiscourseFan 8 days ago | 10 comments
CISA puts election security staffers who worked with the states on leave (apnews.com)
ATLANTA (AP) — Staffers at the nation’s cybersecurity agency whose job is to ensure the security of U.S. elections have been placed on administrative leave, jeopardizing critical support provided to state and local election offices across the country.
Cybersecurity, Elections, Government, Politics
24 points by cf100clunk 10 days ago | 1 comments
Update on the 2024/2025 End of Term Web Archive (archive.org)
Every four years, before and after the U.S. presidential election, a team of libraries and research organizations, including the Internet Archive, work together to preserve material from U.S. government websites during the transition of administrations.
Internet Archive, U.S. Government, Elections, Research, Web Archiving
6 points by LorenDB 11 days ago | 0 comments
Clark County Election Analysis (electiontruthalliance.org)
Politics, Elections, Local News
38 points by defrost 12 days ago | 15 comments
German court orders X to hand over election data in legal blow to Musk's platfrm (politico.eu)
A German court handed Elon Musk’s X a legal defeat, ruling that the platform must immediately provide researchers with access to data on politically related content ahead of the country’s Feb. 23 election.
Germany, Law, Social Media, Politics, Elections
10 points by nixass 13 days ago | 0 comments
German court orders X to give data access to researchers ahead of elections (techcrunch.com)
Under European Union law, X is one of a handful of major social media platforms that has a duty to facilitate public interest researchers’ access to support the study of systemic risks — such as to elections and other democratic processes. But the Elon Musk-owned company formerly known as Twitter has been blocking civil society access to platform data, according to two civil society organizations, which on Friday secured a summary judgement against X in a Berlin regional court.
Social Media, Elections, Germany, Transparency
11 points by marban 14 days ago | 1 comments
TikTok's algorithm exhibited pro-Republican bias during 2024 presidential race (psypost.org)
TikTok, a widely used social media platform with over a billion active users worldwide, has become a key source of news, particularly for younger audiences. This growing influence has raised concerns about potential political biases in its recommendation algorithm, especially during election cycles. A recent preprint study examined this issue by analyzing how TikTok’s algorithm recommends political content ahead of the 2024 presidential election.
Social Media, Politics, Elections, Artificial Intelligence, Bias
136 points by erentz 17 days ago | 102 comments
I used Google Gemini Pro to compare party manifestos for an Indian election (github.com/shijithpk)
Collecting code and docs here related to some work on party manifestos for Delhi assembly elections in 2025.
Politics, India, Artificial Intelligence, Elections, Data Analysis
3 points by shijithpk 18 days ago | 8 comments
US Civil servants are being asked who they voted for in 2024 election (independent.co.uk)
Incoming senior Trump administration officials have begun questioning career civil servants who work on the White House National Security Council about who they voted for in the 2024 election, their political contributions and whether they have made social media posts that could be considered incriminating by President-elect Donald Trump's team, according to a U.S. official familiar with the matter.
Politics, US Politics, Elections, Government, National Security
145 points by belter 24 days ago | 123 comments
Incoming Trump team is questioning civil servants at NSC about their loyalty (apnews.com)
Incoming senior Trump administration officials have begun questioning career civil servants who work on the White House National Security Council about who they voted for in the 2024 election, their political contributions and whether they have made social media posts that could be considered incriminating by President-elect Donald Trump’s team, according to a U.S. official familiar with the matter.
Politics, US Politics, Elections
18 points by pavel_lishin 39 days ago | 2 comments
Prosecutors in Taiwan Indict 2024 Presidential Candidate Ko Wen Je (nytimes.com)
He had run unsuccessfully for president of Taiwan as a maverick candidate, promising to clean up the island’s political system. Now, he has been officially accused of corruption.
Politics, Taiwan, Elections, Corruption
4 points by keepamovin 51 days ago | 1 comments
Germany says Elon Musk seeking to sway February election (dw.com)
Germany's government says Tesla tycoon Elon Musk is seeking to influence the country's February election, but downplayed his comments. The X owner and Donald Trump ally has declared his support for the far-right AfD.
Germany, Elections, Politics, Elon Musk, Social Media
14 points by rntn 53 days ago | 7 comments
The Blaming of Joe Biden (nytimes.com)
We are now in the final weeks of Joe Biden’s presidency, and I’ve been thinking about the year he had — how different it was from what he hoped last winter as he sought re-election.
Politics, Elections, US Politics
10 points by whack 53 days ago | 0 comments
Elon Musk doubles down on support for Afd (bloomberg.com)
Elon Musk reiterated his support for the far-right Alternative for Germany party, or AfD, in an opinion piece published by the Welt am Sonntag newspaper less than two months before Germans go to the polls.
Politics, Germany, Elon Musk, Elections
12 points by dlx 55 days ago | 4 comments
Long Term Software Development (berthub.eu)
Recently the Dutch Electoral Board (where I am also a very part time advisor) invited me to do a talk reflecting on their open source Abacus vote tabulation software.
Software Development, Open Source, Elections
312 points by todsacerdoti 61 days ago | 152 comments
EU Commission opens formal proceedings against TikTok on election risks (europa.eu)
EU, TikTok, Elections, Regulation, Social Media
8 points by GeoAtreides 66 days ago | 1 comments
Left-wing conspiracy theories and 'missing' votes in wake of Trump election win (skeptic.org.uk)
My subject of interest is conspiracy theories. I’ve written 20 articles for this site and only a few are about something other than conspiracy theories. I’ve never really encountered a lack of material for the subject; conspiracy theories exist about everything and anything. In the course that I teach on the subject, I initially had to focus on the “greatest hits” of conspiracy theories: Moon landing deniers, JFK assassination theories, 9/11 “truth”, and the then growing Flat Earth movement.
Conspiracy Theories, Politics, Elections, United States
5 points by zaik 71 days ago | 0 comments
Research Note: Meta's Role in Romania's 2024 Presidential Election (checkfirst.network)
The findings highlight systemic failures in the moderation of political advertising on Meta platforms, which allowed influence campaigns to thrive during the 2024 presidential election.
Meta Platforms, Political Advertising, Romania, Elections, Research
28 points by alexcos 74 days ago | 5 comments
The tech bosses who poured $394.1M into US election (theguardian.com)
Silicon Valley poured more than $394.1m into the US presidential election this year, according to a Guardian analysis, the bulk of it coming from an enormous donation of about $243m Elon Musk made to Donald Trump’s campaign.
Politics, Elections, Silicon Valley, Donations
52 points by wslh 75 days ago | 46 comments
Romania cancels election after systems targeted in cyberattacks (bleepingcomputer.com)
Cybersecurity, Elections, Romania, Politics
83 points by stefanv 77 days ago | 44 comments
Romanian court annuls first round of presidential election (theguardian.com)
A top Romanian court has annulled the first round of the country’s presidential election, days after declassified intelligence alleged Russia ran a coordinated online campaign to promote the far-right outsider who won the first round.
Politics, Romania, Elections, Foreign Interference
8 points by Anon84 77 days ago | 1 comments
Romanian court annuls result of presidential election first round (bbc.com)
Romania's constitutional court has annulled the result of the first round of voting in the presidential election just days before the second round was due to take place.
Politics, Romania, Elections
530 points by vinni2 77 days ago | 1106 comments
Romanian court cancels presidential election amid TikTok Russian influence fears (politico.eu)
BUCHAREST — Romania’s top constitutional court has taken the potentially inflammatory decision to annul the country’s presidential election, after the security services warned the vote had been distorted by a mass Russia-style influence campaign to favor a far-right candidate.
Politics, International Relations, Social Media, Elections, Russia
9 points by abricq 77 days ago | 19 comments
Elon Musk spent a quarter-billion dollars electing Trump (nbcnews.com)
Billionaire Elon Musk poured more than $20 million into a mysterious super PAC at the end of the 2024 campaign, part of more than $250 million he spent overall to boost President-elect Donald Trump, new campaign finance reports show.
Politics, Elections, Campaign Finance, Donald Trump, Elon Musk
10 points by nabla9 77 days ago | 8 comments
TikTok CEO summoned to European Parliament over role in shock Romania election (politico.eu)
BRUSSELS — A top EU lawmaker is demanding that TikTok's chief executive appear before the European Parliament to answer questions about the platform's role in Sunday's Romanian presidential election, as researchers warn of covert activity on thousands of fake accounts leading up to the vote.
Social Media, Politics, Europe, Elections, Fake News
11 points by aaossa 85 days ago | 2 comments