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Donald Trump threatened to imprison Mark Zuckerburg after he banned Trump off Facebook following the January 6 riots. Trump shared that he will “pursue election fraudsters at levels never seen before” and that they will be sent to prison for “long periods of time” once he is elected president, Dazed reports.

Social media has undoubtedly become a tool for spreading information (and misinformation), promoting political campaigns and manipulating user’s views on political agendas and propaganda.

This widespread abuse of social media can hold detrimental consequences for elections, and the BBC reports that the youth is especially being targeted.

Social media, used responsibly, can majorly benefit parties, but its misuse poses a major threat to elections. But to what…

Members of the European Union are currently taking part in elections to the European Parliament, presenting a prime opportunity for hacktivists to perform Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks against political parties across the spectrum.

At time of writing, 8 of the 27 EU members have completed counting their votes, with the preliminary results and exit polls showing gains for right-wing parties.

India gears up to conduct the next Lok Sabha elections with the Election Commission stating over 96 crore citizens are now eligible to cast their ballot and shape the 18th parliament. This massive electorate includes nearly 47 crore women voters, while 1.73 crore are 18 to 19 year old first-time voters.

To facilitate polling at this unprecedented scale, more than 12 lakh booths will be setup nationwide. Around 1.5 crore polling personnel are also set to be deployed by the Election Commission of India (ECI) for smooth conduct of the crucial polls and counting processes.

Steady Increase in Voter Base Over Decades

A letter recently shared by ECI with political parties revealed India had just 17.32 crore registered electors back in the 1951 election. This number gradually rose to 19.37…

A week before Oregon’s primary election, the secretary of state’s office is moving to protect the integrity of its online system where campaign finance records are published after a web hosting provider was hit by a ransomware attack.

Secretary of State Shemia Fagan’s office said people inputting records into the ORESTAR state campaign finance reporting system may have been affected, and have been sent detailed instructions on how to proceed.

“The Oregon Secretary of State has not been hacked,” Fagan’s office reassured voters in a statement late Monday. “No sensitive data on our systems has been exposed. No systems related to elections administration have been compromised.”

[Read: Report Highlights Cyber Risks to US Election Systems ]

By Tuesday, one-tenth of…

A week before Oregon’s primary election, the secretary of state’s office is moving to protect the integrity of its online system where campaign finance records are published after a web hosting provider was hit by a ransomware attack.

Secretary of State Shemia Fagan’s office said people inputting records into the ORESTAR state campaign finance reporting system may have been affected, and have been sent detailed instructions on how to proceed.

“The Oregon Secretary of State has not been hacked,” Fagan’s office reassured voters in a statement late Monday. “No sensitive data on our systems has been exposed. No systems related to elections administration have been compromised.”

By Tuesday, one-tenth of registered voters had already cast their ballots for the May 17 primary…