This election technology section highlights the future of elections. Also see our section on American Democracy!
VIDEO: Expert Outlines Proper Role for Social Media Content Moderation (11/12/2018) - On November 6 2018, Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard hosted Tarleton 
Public Social Media Databases Reveal New Political Ad Tactics (11/9/2018) - Public databases that shine a light on online political ads; launched by Facebook and Google 
VIDEO: How The Government Is Guarding Against 2018 Election Threats (11/9/2018) - Election officials keenly observed the midterm electoral process and felt ready to fish out any 
Don’t Leave Half The World Offline And Behind, Urges Web Founder (11/9/2018) - Tim Berners-Lee, who invented www, appealed on Monday for half of world population not to 
Facebook Internal Human Rights Report Shows Mistakes In Burma (11/8/2018) - A human rights report on Facebook's presence in Myanmar says it has not done enough 
Facebook Blocked More Than 100 Accounts Prior To US Midterms (11/8/2018) - Accounts with potential ties to a so-called Russian "troll farm" has been blocked that may 
One Year On, Mauritanian Anti-Slavery Blogger Still In Prison (11/10/2018) - Authorities in Mauritania should promptly and safely release a blogger who remains in custody despite 
Exiled Vietnamese Blogger: I’m Not Alone In Pushing For Freedom (10/19/2018) - Prominent Vietnamese blogger sent to exile in U.S. says her reunion with family after two 
Facebook Post Leads to 7 Years in Jail for Burmese Government Critic (9/21/2018) - A former newspaper columnist has been jailed for seven years in Myanmar over Facebook post 
Kazakhstan Man Jailed For Anti-Presidential Online Comment (9/20/2018) - Kazakhstan on Thursday sentenced a man to three years in prison for inciting social hatred 
Lawyer To Appeal Iranian Journalist’s Conviction For Satirical Tweet (8/21/2018) - Lawyer for Iranian journalist sentenced to 10 years for allegedly insulting religious figure has rejected 
Google Workers Protest Work on Great Firewall of China (8/18/2018) - Google is planning a return to China. With the project in its early stages and 
Unique Insights on Gerrymandering From New Mathematical Model (10/23/2018) - A unique mathematical model has been developed by two economics professors that shines new light 
VIDEO: Panel Examines Public Biases Toward Female Politicians (10/19/2018) - Biases toward female politicians remain real in America. The Woodrow Wilson Center held a program 
Chimpanzee Democracy: Legitimacy And Collective Decision-Making (10/8/2018) - A male chimpanzee can only win the right to be leader of his community if 
Honey Bees Practice Democracy. What We Can Learn From Them? (10/1/2018) - Democracy is not unique to human societies. Democratic practices are tightly woven into the very 
Are Pro-Democracy People More Likely to Accept Climate Change? (9/26/2018) - The amazing research news website Science Daily had a fascinating post about a new study 
Is Democracy Good For Your Teeth? (8/8/2018) - Results from the 62 countries showed that countries categorized as Social Democratic and Liberal had Changes in Election Technology Define Democracy
The focus of this Election Technology section is to encourage discussion of all manner of technologies involved in the voting process from voting machines to voter registration mobile apps. What are the benefits to these technologies? What are the drawbacks? Will the internet ever be secure enough to enable direct democracy? From the small questions to the big, from electronic media to digital lawn signs, everything about voting technology can be found here.
This new era of election technology is an area of heavy debate in political circles. Countries like Estonia are leading the way to digitizing all government services as part of a global trend called eGovernment or eDemocracy. At the same time, the modern technology we rely on has complicated the struggle to protect citizens from government overreach, especially following increased concerns of surveillance of domestic communications.
Also, as covered on Democracy Chronicles, the latest research suggests elections are affected by many outside forces you may not expect. Factors that play into voter turnout now have been found to include boredom, delayed onset adulthood, cigarette smoking, wind speed, rain and bad weather forecasts. This type of research on voting as well as other important research in political science as it relates to democracy, the ultimate invention in political science, is highlighted in our Election Science archives.
Whistleblowers like American Eric Snowden and Australian Julian Assange who have leaked classified information to the public, broke the law but also opened our eyes to the increasing ability of technology to play a sinister role.
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In Online Ruse, Fake Journalists Tried to Hack Saudi Critic (11/9/2018) - Hackers impersonating journalists tried to intercept communications of a prominent Saudi opposition figure in Washington, Public Social Media Databases Reveal New Political Ad Tactics (11/9/2018) - Public databases that shine a light on online political ads; launched by Facebook and Google 
Chinese Government Using Tech to ID Dissidents by How They Walk (11/8/2018) - Chinese authorities have begun deploying a new surveillance tool: “gait recognition” software that uses people’s Facebook Blocked More Than 100 Accounts Prior To US Midterms (11/8/2018) - Accounts with potential ties to a so-called Russian "troll farm" has been blocked that may 
Officials Confirm No ‘Coordinated Campaign’ to Disrupt US Vote (11/6/2018) - Social media trolls targeted voters with a fresh bout of misinformation, but there were no 
VIDEO: Securing Election Systems Against Cyber Attacks (11/6/2018) - Center for Strategic and International Studies published an event in which experts drew insights on VIDEO: How The Government Is Guarding Against 2018 Election Threats (11/9/2018) - Election officials keenly observed the midterm electoral process and felt ready to fish out any 
Midterm Voting Exposes Growing Problem Of Aging Machines (11/8/2018) - Election experts have long warned about the nation's aging fleet of voting equipment. This week's 
Georgia Election Officials Quietly Patched Security Holes They Denied (11/6/2018) - A ProPublica analysis found that officials of the state of Georgia in its voter registration 
On Vote-Related Problems That Early Voting Has Revealed (11/5/2018) - Early voting ahead of midterms reveals vote related problems like, rejected voter registrations, malfunctioning voting 
Official Hoping Staffing Boost Fixes Arizona Voting Problems (11/5/2018) - A week to the general election, poll workers in Arizona county with 2.2 million of 
Could Adequate Funding For Voting Machines Make Them Secure? (10/26/2018) - A prominent security threat facing the midterm elections seems to be more linked to voting Don’t Leave Half The World Offline And Behind, Urges Web Founder (11/9/2018) - Tim Berners-Lee, who invented www, appealed on Monday for half of world population not to 
Serious Online Voting System Problems Alleged In Georgia (11/6/2018) - Online voting problems alleged in Georgia, one of the nation's hottest governor's races, with Brian 
Twitter Deletes 10K Accounts That Sought To Discourage US Voting (11/3/2018) - Twitter deletes 10k accounts posting messages that discouraged people from voting in Tuesday's U.S. election 
How Big Oil Can Dodge Facebook’s New Ad Transparency Rules (11/2/2018) - We’ve identified 12 ad campaigns in which energy, insurance and other industries masked their sponsorship 
SuperPACs Using Deceptive Attack Ads Have Become a Plague (10/30/2018) - Some political groups are borrowing tactics from disinformation campaigns, placing ads on Facebook pretending to 
Using New Tech Like Blockchain to Battle Land Corruption (10/25/2018) - Technological solutions to prevent land corruption require resources, but they do not have to be