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Votes in 18 Nations 'Hacked' in Last Year

posted by martyb on Wednesday November 15 2017, @06:53AM   Printer-friendly
from the following-in-leader's-footsteps dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

Elections in 18 separate nations were influenced by online disinformation campaigns last year, suggests research.

Independent watchdog Freedom House looked at how online discourse was influenced by governments, bots and paid opinion formers.

In total, 30 governments were actively engaged in using social media to stifle dissent, said the report.

Educating users to spot fake news and making tech firms police their networks could combat the manipulation, it said.

Hacking must explain why voters are going off-script.

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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday November 15 2017, @07:26AM (4 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday November 15 2017, @07:26AM (#597194) Journal

    If elections can be hacked, why continue to have unsecured ways of power transition?
    Monarchism is superior, in fact, make it female lineage only, at least, it's clear who the mother is :)

    Heh, yeah, riiighto! Currently moderated "Insightful", instead of the (suggested) "Funny".

    To the moderator: if the power transition is unsecure today, the answer is not "Let's secure the power transition" but "Let drop the power transition" - You know it makes sense. I'm S... [wikipedia.org] (just in case you need it, here you have it: </sarcasm>).

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Ethanol-fueled on Wednesday November 15 2017, @09:20AM (3 children)

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Wednesday November 15 2017, @09:20AM (#597224) Homepage

    I will tell you the secret weapon: Niggers. that is all I will tell you.

    Oh, and also just who that secret weapon is. [youtube.com]

    • (Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 15 2017, @09:43AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 15 2017, @09:43AM (#597233)

      If they ain't Dick Niggers, I'm not interested.

      • (Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Wednesday November 15 2017, @10:10AM

        by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Wednesday November 15 2017, @10:10AM (#597241) Homepage

        You see, Mr. Ed is a Dick Nigger. Mr. Ed was an allegory for the Black Heroin addict who was subject to the pen of the White man and with an addiction to the finest apples and molasses, yet had issues of wondering about his true Black heritage. For example, that episode where he wondered if he was part donkey. [youtube.com] So he tried to wander among the donkeys but was rejected for being White.

        Mr. Ed was an allegory for not only an alpha Black man but a hipster (and other beta male archetypes) way back in 1961 and in that episode in 1965. Only, unlike modern beta males such as his master Wilbur, Mr. Ed had a deep voice and a huge cock.

    • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Thursday November 16 2017, @01:16AM

      by Gaaark (41) on Thursday November 16 2017, @01:16AM (#597538) Journal

      Fuck yeah!

      Mr Ed!

      And Ma & Pa Kettle!

      Old TV rules!

      Grew up on Land of the Giants: Great show!!!!(until you download it and watch it....yikes!)

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