In light of the Hyogo Prefectural gubernatorial election, the proceedings of the 100-Article Committee have been disseminated on social networking sites and other platforms, resulting in misleading and slanderous comments, and the prefectural assembly is considering passing a resolution calling on the national government to revise the Public Offices Election Act, including to prevent damage caused by social networking sites. The aim is to reach a resolution at the regular meeting in December. Each political party compiled a list of issues that arose during the gubernatorial election, such as slander and the freezing of certain x-accounts, and consolidating the information among themselves on the 26th. Arrangements are being made to adopt the resolution unanimously on December 13th. Regarding the recent gubernatorial election, in which slander and unfounded information were circulating on social media, Tohoku University Associate Professor Kawamura Kazunori (Political Science), who is knowledgeable about public election law, said, “The growth of the internet has made it a ‘content’ that can generate revenue for elections, such as advertising revenue. “A structure has been created in which continuing to post impressive content leads to increased views and revenue, so we need to have a discussion about the nature of online elections.” Regarding how to deal with cases where members engage in activities aimed at helping other candidates win or use street speeches as a platform to criticize other politicians, he said, “It is difficult to draw the line at what constitutes freedom of expression.” He added, “The Election Commission and police should proactively take precautions against any actions that are suspected of violating the spirit of the law. “It would be more realistic to take effective measures that will lead to deterrence rather than creating new regulations.” [Takahide Nakao, Yukina Furukawa] Mainichi Shimbun 2024/11/23 09:25 (last updated 11/23 09:30).
I’m sure there’s something creepy about recent political videos. I find the “I’ll tell you everything” in the thumbnails horrifying. All of their thumbnails are the same.
“For example, a rumor spread on social media that ‘Inamura Kazumi is promoting voting rights for foreigners.'” “When we checked with her, she said she had made no such promise and denied the statement herself.” “Fact-checking showed that this was false.” What’s with this ridiculous media on social media? lol.
I’m interested to see how effective the measures will be… I think they just want to have fun with organized votes without raising voter turnout or making it a hot topic.
It’s no good holding an election on a social networking site like X, where you can create as many accounts as you want, delete them and run away ＼(^o^)／.
>>31 You’re right, for an organization to force an individual to follow instructions that go against their will is a criminal act It’s not democracy or anything.
>>31 It’s the other way around. I don’t know who to vote for. I don’t know what to vote for, so I’ll just look at TikTok and decide who to vote for. If we don’t let these idiots join the organization and tell them to vote for this party, it will end up like the Hyogo Prefectural Governor election.
You should be glad you’re in a Japanese-speaking country. In America, people from poor countries who can speak English are making money by spreading rumours in English, so they’re making 10 years’ worth of income from spreading rumours.
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