Meeting with the Head of Ecuador’s National Electoral Council, Shiram Diana Atamaint Wamputsar

Dr. John Lott assembly with the pinnacle of Ecuador’s Nationwide Electoral Council, Shiram Diana Atamaint Wamputsar. The assembly was arrange due to the big quantity of analysis that Lott has accomplished on guidelines to forestall vote fraud and measuring vote fraud (right here and right here). They mentioned a variety of points, notably the issues of disinformation in elections, and that drug cartels will launder cash to assist out specific candidates. The Nationwide Electoral Council had been within the technique of establishing a board to watch false data in campaigns, and Lott argued strongly towards it, noting that what one particular person thinks is fake one other particular person thinks is correct. Lott argued that the most effective strategy could be to let daylight assist individuals decide for themselves the accuracy of the knowledge that they’re seeing. {That a} concern was social media censoring data and that it could be helpful to reveal the algorithms that totally different social media retailers are utilizing to censor data. He additionally supplied concepts on how one can cease the drug cartels from funneling illegally obtained cash to political candidates.

(Tuesday, February twentieth, 2024)