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Sierra Leone Didn’t Really Use Blockchain in their Election

posted by janrinok on Monday March 26 2018, @08:07PM   Printer-friendly
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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