Technology and Transparency in ElectionsCEFR A1
28 Mar 2025
Adapted from Melissa Vida, Global Voices • CC BY 3.0
Photo by Hartono Creative Studio, Unsplash
AI-assisted adaptation of the original article, simplified for language learners.
- Technology can help during elections.
- Three projects focus on fighting disinformation.
- One project is called Goddard.
- Goddard checks news from Ecuador.
- Another project is VeritasAI.
- VeritasAI helps report election problems.
- PillMind helps understand political promises.
- These projects want to make reliable information easier.
Difficult words
- technology — Tools and machines that help people.
- disinformation — False information that misleads people.
- project — A planned set of activities to achieve something.projects
- report — To give information about something.
- reliable — Can be trusted or depended on.
- promises — Something someone says they will do.
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Discussion questions
- How can technology improve elections?
- Why is reliable information important?
- Have you ever encountered disinformation?
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