May 11, 2018

Citizen Election Observers in Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia Take On Disinformation and Unlock Election Data

While disinformation in traditional media has been used for decades, digital disinformation and computational propaganda, which uses artificial intelligence and political “bots” or pieces of code to manipulate public opinion online, have grown exponentially. An increasing number of elections across Europe and Eurasia are influenced by disinformation tactics.

To address this challenge, NDI conducted a four-day academy for 15 citizen election monitoring organizations from 11 countries. The event, which was held in Belgrade in April 2018, provided citizen activists with new strategies, skills, and tools to identify and expose disinformation during elections and to use electoral data to raise the level of fact-based discourse.

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NDI 2018 Lebanon Observer Delegation Issues Post-Election Preliminary Statement

 

NDI Encourages Lebanon to Seize the Opportunity of New Parliament to Strengthen Democratic Institutions

BEIRUT, Lebanon – The National Democratic Institute (NDI) today released its preliminary statement of findings and recommendations from its international election observation mission for Lebanon's 2018 parliamentary elections, held yesterday, May 6.

NDI International Election Observer Mission Arrives in Lebanon for 2018 Parliamentary Elections

BEIRUT, Lebanon – The National Democratic Institute (NDI) is fielding an international election observation mission for Lebanon’s parliamentary elections scheduled for May 6, 2018.

The delegation includes 31 political and civic leaders, elections experts, and regional specialists from 13 countries across the Middle East, Africa, Europe and North America. Leadership of the delegation is comprised of:

April 16, 2018

Conference in Mexico Tackles Issue of Disinformation Ahead of Elections in July

As Mexico prepares for general elections in July, NDI and Mexico’s National Electoral Institute (INE) – the independent government body responsible for organizing Mexico’s federal elections – co-organized a conference in Mexico City to discuss ways to counter the influence of disinformation. Tech companies, political leaders, civic activists, media associations and academics came together on March 22 to discuss ways to improve the quality of the national conversation.

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