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Different types of AI-led monitoring methods are utilised by governments to monitor social media. These methods can be categorised into three groups: (1) the use of in-house applications, (2) the use of third-party applications and (3) the use of services provided by platform companies. In-house applications are AI monitoring tools developed and utilised internally by
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EMBs lack tools for social media oversight; AI can help.
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OSCE ODIHR should establish comprehensive monitoring mechanisms for detecting and mitigating hate speech and misinformation on social media platforms.
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Governments must ensure transparency in AI-driven social media monitoring, providing clear reports on activities and platform collaborations.
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In an era of digital transformation, governments globally are leveraging AI for social media surveillance.
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In an age where digital technology permeates every facet of our lives, understanding how governments utilise social media for monitoring purposes has become increasingly important. To shed light on this, our exploration delves into two pivotal datasets.
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Social media monitoring (SMM) encompasses the systematic observation, collection, and analysis of information shared on various social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Reddit (Fensel et al., 2012; Grizāne et al., 2022, p. 5; Privacy International, 2021b; Twetman et al., 2020, p. 26). This practice utilizes a range of technologies, with one method being
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Election monitoring has been accepted as one of the essential mechanisms for supporting free and fair elections (Birch & Van Ham, 2017). The literature on election monitoring has largely focused on the impact of international monitoring (Hyde, 2011; Hyde & Marinov, 2014; Kelley, 2012) and domestic monitoring (Asunka et al., 2019; Buzin et al., 2016;
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Although the use of disinformation and efforts to disrupt elections have a long history, since 2016 social media has become the primary domain that both state and non-state actors have actively used to interfere in elections. Therefore, governments have emerged as a new actor in election monitoring by using AI tools to monitor social media…
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Governments’ use of AI systems in social media monitoring during elections 