Growing online interference in elections
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Online disinformation, propaganda and censorship were used to influence 26 of 30 national elections studied over the past year, according to a report by democracy watchdog Freedom House
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ONLINE ELECTION INTERFERENCE BY DOMESTIC ACTORS (past year)

United States 
Mexico
Cuba
Ukraine 
Georgia
Kazakhstan 
Pakistan
India 
Cambodia
Philippines
Colombia 
Brazil
Nigeria
Rwanda
Malawi
Hungary 
Italy
Turkey 
Egypt
South Africa
Zimbabwe
Bahrain 
Bangladesh
Thailand 
Indonesia
Australia

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Information tactics

Coordinated use of hyperpartisan commentators, bots, group admins or news sites to spread false or misleading content, often with state or political party backing
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Technical tactics

Intentional restrictions on connectivity; blocking of social media sites; and cyber-attacks from suspected domestic actors on political websites or social media accounts
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Legal tactics

Arrests of individuals for online political expression, as well as establishment of new laws and regulations that criminalise online speech

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Without election interference (Armenia, Estonia, France, Germany) Sources: Freedom House, Reuters © GRAPHIC NEWS