Bad actors trying to game democracy and democracy saying, “No,” straight-up. Now we’re starting to get down to it.
«Barely a month ago, Georgescu was almost unheard of inside his own country, with no party backing and a low profile in traditional media.
But all that changed in the final two weeks before the Nov. 24 first round of the presidential election. Some 25,000 pro-Georgescu TikTok accounts burst into action, in what Romanian analysts say was a coordinated attempt to sway the election in his favor.»
I hope laws on social media will be passed. Data should be preserved and made available for analytics on a timely basis. Misleading posts should be quickly and accurately labeled as such and put behind an extra click or two (at minimum). (I remain convinced it’s possible, between human intelligence, algorithms, and machine learning.)
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