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Sierra Leone Didn’t Really Use Blockchain in their Election

posted by janrinok on Monday March 26 2018, @08:07PM   
from the what-we-meant-to-say-was-... dept.

canopic jug writes:

It turns out that Sierra Leone didn't really use blockchain in their election:

The National Election Commission (NEC) of Sierra Leone released an official statement on Twitter on March 18 to set the record straight. The tweet quoted the NEC Chair Mohamed Conteh saying that "the NEC has not used, and is not using blockchain technology in any part of the electoral process."

That also brings up another topic: there is a disturbing trend around the world for media to accept "tweets" as official communications from government representatives. Twitter is a filter, not a conduit for microblogging.

Previously on SN: Sierra Leone Becomes First Country With Blockchain-Powered Elections.

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• Who cares? Who cares? (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 26 2018, @08:15PM (1 child)

  by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 26 2018, @08:15PM (#658628)

  Why does this matter to anyone, either way?

  Here's something to think about, though: As with so many diseases, maybe^* it's not actually the case that Fake News has gotten worse; rather, maybe^* it's the case that Fake News is now more readily diagnosed and thus merely seems like it has become more prevalent. Journalists ain't that smart; they never have been.

  ^{* By "maybe", I actually mean "definitely".}

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• Re:Who cares? (Score: 3, Insightful) by JoeMerchant on Monday March 26 2018, @11:48PM

  by JoeMerchant (3937) on Monday March 26 2018, @11:48PM (#658710)

  Why does this matter to anyone, either way?

  Because: blockchain. People get rich with blockchain, therefore it's interesting - like stories in People magazine, because... envy, mostly.

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