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Preparations for Lok Sabha elections are in full swing in India. Lok Sabha election dates will be announced today at 3 pm. Along with this, Model Code of Conduct will also be implemented across the country. Amidst all this, an American MP has asked social media companies what preparations they have made for the elections to be held in India. Indeed, Meta-owned WhatsApp has a long history of spreading rumors and misinformation on social media platforms, including WhatsApp. In view of this the MP has raised the question.
Information about election preparations in countries
MP Michael Bennett, a member of the Senate Intelligence and Rules Committee, which monitors the US elections, has written a letter to social media companies. This letter has been written to Alphabet, Meta, TikTok and X. Information has been sought from these companies about election preparations in various countries including India.
AI is set to increase risk
“Not only are elections threatened by new social media users, but artificial intelligence (AI) models are poised to pose increasing threats to both the democratic process and political stability,” Bennett wrote. While the introduction of AI has reduced previous obstacles, the risks have also increased. He further said that this year elections are being held in more than 70 countries. More than two billion people are voting. 2024 is the year of democracy.
Elections are to be held in these countries
Major electoral contests are expected this year in Australia, Belgium, Croatia, European Union, Finland, Ghana, Iceland, India, Lithuania, Namibia, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Panama, Romania, Senegal, South Africa, United Kingdom and others. . , United States of america. have hope.
This information was requested
Bennett has written letters to X's Elon Musk, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, TikTok's Sho Ji Chew and Alphabet's Sundar Pichai. They requested information about the platforms' election-related policies, content moderation teams including languages and the number of moderators on full-time or part-time contracts, and the tools they adopt to identify AI-generated content.
strengthen democracy
He said that democracy means people governing themselves. Propaganda and misinformation poison a democratic country. Your platforms should strengthen democracy, not weaken it.
