Machine learning is changing the landscape of political advertising. Consumers need greater transparency into how their personal data influences the political messages they see online.
Elections
Can Facebook’s Artificial Intelligence Kill Fake News?
A exploration of the arms race to use Machine Learning by both those creating and stopping fake news.
The Election Security Challenge: Why Voting-Machine Vendors Resist Open Innovation
Following alleged Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. elections, voting-machine vendors face increasing public pressure for more open innovation of its products to enhance security.
Smartmatic: the role of blockchain in enabling elections
Can blockchain make democracy more secure and transparent?
Politics in India: The Social Media Elections
The elections in 2014 were won online
The misalingment of elections and representation
Diffusion of power through representation is the main guarantor against abuses of power. A misaligned democratic operating system can lead to substantial distortions and to defeating the purpose of representation itself.