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Japan moots revisions to election law for the age of social media
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The urgent intervention comes after fringe parties used rogue tactics to wreak havoc on several elections in 2024.
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TOKYO – Japan is looking at updating its election law for the social media age, having been jolted by how digital platforms were exploited for commercial profit and weaponised to influence outcomes across several domestic elections in 2024.
Stakeholders across the political divide are on the same page over the need to amend the law and are now discussing the finer details for a Bill that is expected to be tabled in the Diet within weeks.
