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Social Media and Elections: Outdated System / Candidates Identified only by Internet Aliases Running in Japanese Elections, Puzzling Voters

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The Yomiuri Shimbun

10:37 JST, May 3, 2025

Twelve years have passed since the lifting of a ban on using the internet for election campaigning in Japan, and unanticipated forms of political activity using social media to exploit flaws in the election system are rampant, including candidates who are only identified by their aliases. This is t...

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