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10 Mar 2026

Rumeen Farhana wins Brahmanbaria-2 as an independent

Rumeen Farhana, a Bangladeshi barrister long linked to the BNP, ran as an independent in Brahmanbaria-2 after losing her party nomination. She used a duck symbol, won by 38,000 votes, and says she faced harassment and party conflict.

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16 Feb 2026

Women face online attacks in Uganda elections

Many women who ran in Uganda’s January 2026 elections faced online abuse, including AI images, deepfakes and sexualised rumours. A UN Women report says technology has increased threats and barriers to women’s political participation.

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10 Feb 2026

Bangladesh election moves online

Bangladesh will hold its 13th National Parliamentary Election on February 12, 2026. Campaigning is shifting to social media platforms like Facebook, TikTok, X and YouTube, while regulators and platforms try to limit misinformation and AI misuse.

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28 Nov 2025

Seeing Uncertainty as an Opportunity

Researchers at ETH Zurich tested a short presentation that asked people to see uncertainty as an opportunity. The experiment in Germany (Dec 2024–Mar 2025) changed attitudes to diversity, social change and voting for AfD.

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25 Nov 2025

Americans worry about US democracy

A new study by the SNF Agora Institute and Public Agenda, using a national survey of 4,500 Americans, earlier polls and focus groups, finds broad concern about US democracy and notable divides within the Republican Party.

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28 Mar 2025

Ecuador teams build tech to fight election disinformation

A revived Hacks Hackers chapter in Ecuador held a February conference and a hackathon to tackle electoral disinformation. Three winning teams — Goddard, VeritasAI and PillMind — received prizes, mentoring and support to develop prototypes.

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