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Baden-Württemberg Election: Peaceful but with Rising Hate Speech and Violence against Politicians
During the recent Bundestag elections in Baden-Württemberg, the vast majority of events were peaceful, with low four-figure election-related crimes reported. However, a concerning rise in hate speech and violence targeting political candidates and public officials has prompted concerns about a 'gene...
Baden-Württemberg Election: Peaceful but with Rising Hate Speech and Violence against Politicians
During the recent Bundestag elections in Baden-Württemberg, the vast majority of events were peaceful, with low four-figure election-related crimes reported. However, a concerning rise in hate speech and violence targeting political candidates and public officials has prompted concerns about a 'gene...
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52% Bias Score
U.S. Dismantles Election Security Efforts Amidst Concerns of Foreign Interference
The U.S. government has dismantled its election security efforts, firing CISA personnel, disbanding an FBI task force, and halting a nationwide training program, raising concerns among election officials about vulnerabilities to foreign interference. The actions follow accusations of CISA engaging i...
U.S. Dismantles Election Security Efforts Amidst Concerns of Foreign Interference
The U.S. government has dismantled its election security efforts, firing CISA personnel, disbanding an FBI task force, and halting a nationwide training program, raising concerns among election officials about vulnerabilities to foreign interference. The actions follow accusations of CISA engaging i...
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56% Bias Score
Trump Administration Cuts Weaken US Election Security
The Trump administration's cuts to federal agencies responsible for election security, including the disbanding of an FBI task force and significant cuts at CISA, have raised concerns about increased vulnerabilities to foreign interference in future elections.
Trump Administration Cuts Weaken US Election Security
The Trump administration's cuts to federal agencies responsible for election security, including the disbanding of an FBI task force and significant cuts at CISA, have raised concerns about increased vulnerabilities to foreign interference in future elections.
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52% Bias Score
Trump Administration Halts Democracy Aid, Places Election Security Personnel on Leave
The Trump administration has frozen foreign aid for democracy and human rights programs, placed election security personnel on leave, and faces a court order to partially restore funding, causing chaos and jeopardizing both global and domestic democratic efforts.
Trump Administration Halts Democracy Aid, Places Election Security Personnel on Leave
The Trump administration has frozen foreign aid for democracy and human rights programs, placed election security personnel on leave, and faces a court order to partially restore funding, causing chaos and jeopardizing both global and domestic democratic efforts.
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56% Bias Score
CISA Election Security Staff Placed on Leave, Jeopardizing 2024 Election Preparations
Seventeen U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) employees, including ten regional election security specialists, were placed on administrative leave, jeopardizing election security support for state and local election offices nationwide ahead of the 2024 election, amid critici...
CISA Election Security Staff Placed on Leave, Jeopardizing 2024 Election Preparations
Seventeen U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) employees, including ten regional election security specialists, were placed on administrative leave, jeopardizing election security support for state and local election offices nationwide ahead of the 2024 election, amid critici...
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36% Bias Score
German Election Security: No Imminent Threat Despite Disinformation Concerns
Despite concerns about potential foreign interference, particularly from Russia, German election security officials state that the February 23rd parliamentary elections are not currently at risk due to active monitoring and a paper-based voting system that mitigates the risk of electronic manipulati...
German Election Security: No Imminent Threat Despite Disinformation Concerns
Despite concerns about potential foreign interference, particularly from Russia, German election security officials state that the February 23rd parliamentary elections are not currently at risk due to active monitoring and a paper-based voting system that mitigates the risk of electronic manipulati...
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36% Bias Score
Utah Legislature Poised to End Universal Mail-In Voting
The Utah House passed a bill ending the state's universal mail-in voting system, requiring voters to opt in to receive ballots by mail and include the last four digits of their driver's license or state ID for mail or drop-box returns, a change impacting voter access and potentially turnout.
Utah Legislature Poised to End Universal Mail-In Voting
The Utah House passed a bill ending the state's universal mail-in voting system, requiring voters to opt in to receive ballots by mail and include the last four digits of their driver's license or state ID for mail or drop-box returns, a change impacting voter access and potentially turnout.
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48% Bias Score
13-Year Sentence for Attempted Assassination of Japanese Prime Minister
On April 15, 2023, a Japanese court sentenced a man to 13 years in prison for attempting to assassinate Prime Minister Fumio Kishida with a homemade explosive device in Wakayama during a campaign event, injuring two police officers; this follows the 2022 assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo...
13-Year Sentence for Attempted Assassination of Japanese Prime Minister
On April 15, 2023, a Japanese court sentenced a man to 13 years in prison for attempting to assassinate Prime Minister Fumio Kishida with a homemade explosive device in Wakayama during a campaign event, injuring two police officers; this follows the 2022 assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo...
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40% Bias Score
Trump Administration Halts Democracy Aid, Jeopardizes Election Security
The Trump administration has halted funding for democracy and human rights programs, placed election security personnel on leave, and caused chaos within USAID, potentially jeopardizing fragile democracies and undermining US election security.
Trump Administration Halts Democracy Aid, Jeopardizes Election Security
The Trump administration has halted funding for democracy and human rights programs, placed election security personnel on leave, and caused chaos within USAID, potentially jeopardizing fragile democracies and undermining US election security.
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48% Bias Score
Trump Administration Dismantles Election Security Initiatives
The Trump administration has placed on administrative leave staff working to counter foreign influence in U.S. elections, dismantling key initiatives within CISA and the Department of Justice, including an FBI task force and Justice Department enforcement of the Foreign Agents Registration Act, leav...
Trump Administration Dismantles Election Security Initiatives
The Trump administration has placed on administrative leave staff working to counter foreign influence in U.S. elections, dismantling key initiatives within CISA and the Department of Justice, including an FBI task force and Justice Department enforcement of the Foreign Agents Registration Act, leav...
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68% Bias Score
Russian Disinformation Campaign Threatens German Election
Russia's Doppelgänger disinformation campaign, active in Germany since 2022, uses over 50,000 fake social media accounts to spread pro-Russia narratives, clone news websites, and amplify societal divisions ahead of Germany's upcoming election, posing a serious threat to democratic processes.
Russian Disinformation Campaign Threatens German Election
Russia's Doppelgänger disinformation campaign, active in Germany since 2022, uses over 50,000 fake social media accounts to spread pro-Russia narratives, clone news websites, and amplify societal divisions ahead of Germany's upcoming election, posing a serious threat to democratic processes.
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56% Bias Score
Berlin Intensifies Fight Against Organized Crime with New Multi-Agency Approach
Berlin is launching a new initiative to combat organized crime, creating a cooperative platform between authorities to improve the identification and seizure of illegal profits from various sectors. A model project in Treptow-Köpenick shows €171,000 in assets were seized via legal seizure orders sin...
Berlin Intensifies Fight Against Organized Crime with New Multi-Agency Approach
Berlin is launching a new initiative to combat organized crime, creating a cooperative platform between authorities to improve the identification and seizure of illegal profits from various sectors. A model project in Treptow-Köpenick shows €171,000 in assets were seized via legal seizure orders sin...
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36% Bias Score
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