Election

In this Covid-challenged assembly polls, information technology (IT)-enabled election war rooms have emerged as an even bigger help for various parties than ever before.

How IT-enabled war rooms help political parties assess winnability before poll results

Feb 23, 2022

Facebook was the top social commerce platform according to a survey conducted by eMarketer in June 2020.

Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg's money fuels GOP suspicion and new election rules

Aug 08, 2021

Earlier this month, the government filed lawsuits against several social media companies, including Twitter, due to posts that promoted protests over the jailing of opposition leader Alexey Navalny earlier this year.

Here's how Twitter is gearing up for Assembly Elections in India

Mar 24, 2021
by HT Tech

Biden's current account — @PresElectBiden — will transform into @POTUS once Biden himself becomes POTUS.

Twitter juggles presidential accounts, @POTUS to reset today

Jan 20, 2021

More than a month after the U.S. presidential election, YouTube says it will start removing newly uploaded material that claims widespread voter fraud or errors changed the outcome. The Google-owned video service said Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020 that this is in line with how it has dealt with past elections. That’s because Tuesday was the “safe harbor” deadline for the election and YouTube said enough states have certified their results to determine Joe Biden as the winner. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

YouTube to delete new false election videos -- even Trump’s

Dec 10, 2020

YouTube prohibits videos that incite violence, but has previously said that it allows clips “expressing views” on the outcome of the election to remain on the site.

Senators ask YouTube to remove election misinformation

Nov 25, 2020

Variations of twenty phrases that could be associated with calls for violence appeared along with references to election outcomes in about 41,000 instances in U.S.-based public Facebook Groups over the two month period.

Thousands of Facebook Groups buzzed with calls for violence ahead of US election

Nov 07, 2020

The group's backers criticised the deletion, saying they were organising peaceful protests, that they had been working hard to police the comments, and that Facebook had given them no warning.

Worrying calls for violence prompt Facebook to take down rapidly growing pro-Trump group

Nov 06, 2020

YouTUbe channels, ranging from ones with 1,000 followers to more than 629,000, endorsed claims that fact-checking units of the Associated Press, Reuters and other organizations have deemed false or inaccurate.

YouTube channels making money from ads, memberships amplify Trump voting fraud claims

Nov 06, 2020

Social media companies are under pressure to curb misinformation on their platforms ahead of the US election. Twitter has labeled or put warnings on tweets from Trump multiple times this year for violating its rules.

Twitter, Facebook flag Trump posts on US election eve

Nov 03, 2020