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New Stanford Algorithm Derank Divisive Political Posts on X
Stanford researchers found that a browser-based tool that reorders posts on X can reduce political hostility. Tested during the 2024 US election, it pushed extreme or partisan content lower in users’ feeds without hiding anything. After ten days, participants reported warmer feelings toward the opposing political side. The study suggests small ra...
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Trump's Truth Social To Allow Betting On Elections, Interest Rates, Sports
The social media network founded by US President Donald Trump, Truth Social, announced Tuesday that it will allow users to make bets on the outcome of real-world events using the platform.
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Trump Vows To Change How Polls Are Run. He Doesn't Have Constitutional Power
Donald Trump pledged on social media that he would do away with both mail voting, which remains popular and is used by about 1/3rd of all voters, and voting machines, some form of which are used in almost all of the country's election jurisdictions.
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Supreme Court's Aadhaar Option For Those Struck Off Bihar's Voter List
In a significant development in the Bihar Special Intensive Revision (SIR) case, the Supreme Court today said that those whose names have been struck off the state's voter lists can submit their Aadhaar cards to challenge this deletion
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Destroy CCTV Footage Of Process After 45 Days: Election Body To Poll Officers
Fearing use of its electronic data to create "malicious narratives", the Election Commission has instructed its state poll officers to destroy CCTV camera, webcasting and video footage of the election process after 45 days.
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How US Right-Wing Social Media Influencers Became Russia's "Useful Idiots"
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has alleged that several prominent right-wing social media influencers were unknowingly part of a Russian operation designed to sway the 2024 US presidential elections, CNN reported.
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Trump Shares False Claim That Kamala Harris Campaign Doctored Photo
Donald Trump amplified a wave of false social media claims that his opponent Kamala Harris used artificial intelligence to fabricate a picture of her supporters at a Michigan rally last week -- an allegation disproved by photos and videos.
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Children In Uganda Recreate Trump's Assassination Attempt, Internet Concerned
A viral video featuring Ugandan children recreating the attempted assassination of former US President Donald Trump, using makeshift props, has sparked concern on social media.
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Were Voting Machines Introduced In India In 2009? A Fact Check
A viral post on social media has claimed that electronic voting machines (EVMs) were used for the first time in the country in 2009 under the Congress-led government.
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Fact Check: Did Election Commission Say It Intends To Use Ballot Papers?
Will elections this time be conducted using ballot papers? A social media post with a newspaper clipping claims that the Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced new guidelines in this regard.
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New Stanford Algorithm Derank Divisive Political Posts on X
Stanford researchers found that a browser-based tool that reorders posts on X can reduce political hostility. Tested during the 2024 US election, it pushed extreme or partisan content lower in users’ feeds without hiding anything. After ten days, participants reported warmer feelings toward the opposing political side. The study suggests small ra...
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Trump's Truth Social To Allow Betting On Elections, Interest Rates, Sports
The social media network founded by US President Donald Trump, Truth Social, announced Tuesday that it will allow users to make bets on the outcome of real-world events using the platform.
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Trump Vows To Change How Polls Are Run. He Doesn't Have Constitutional Power
Donald Trump pledged on social media that he would do away with both mail voting, which remains popular and is used by about 1/3rd of all voters, and voting machines, some form of which are used in almost all of the country's election jurisdictions.
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Supreme Court's Aadhaar Option For Those Struck Off Bihar's Voter List
In a significant development in the Bihar Special Intensive Revision (SIR) case, the Supreme Court today said that those whose names have been struck off the state's voter lists can submit their Aadhaar cards to challenge this deletion
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Destroy CCTV Footage Of Process After 45 Days: Election Body To Poll Officers
Fearing use of its electronic data to create "malicious narratives", the Election Commission has instructed its state poll officers to destroy CCTV camera, webcasting and video footage of the election process after 45 days.
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How US Right-Wing Social Media Influencers Became Russia's "Useful Idiots"
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has alleged that several prominent right-wing social media influencers were unknowingly part of a Russian operation designed to sway the 2024 US presidential elections, CNN reported.
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Trump Shares False Claim That Kamala Harris Campaign Doctored Photo
Donald Trump amplified a wave of false social media claims that his opponent Kamala Harris used artificial intelligence to fabricate a picture of her supporters at a Michigan rally last week -- an allegation disproved by photos and videos.
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Children In Uganda Recreate Trump's Assassination Attempt, Internet Concerned
A viral video featuring Ugandan children recreating the attempted assassination of former US President Donald Trump, using makeshift props, has sparked concern on social media.
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Were Voting Machines Introduced In India In 2009? A Fact Check
A viral post on social media has claimed that electronic voting machines (EVMs) were used for the first time in the country in 2009 under the Congress-led government.
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Fact Check: Did Election Commission Say It Intends To Use Ballot Papers?
Will elections this time be conducted using ballot papers? A social media post with a newspaper clipping claims that the Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced new guidelines in this regard.
