Election Nz Social Media

Dr mona krewel and professor jack vowles will be joined by a small army of coders and plan to publish their findings on a.

Election nz social media. Starting this week and running for a month two victoria university researchers will study how facebook is used to target and interact with voters. Social media on election day is covered by strict rules. Newsroom will be taking a weekly look at how parties and politicians are using and performing on social media platforms.

Make sure you vote early to help reduce the queues. But when social media skews a voter s mind to believe that the opposing party is dishonorable a concerning sense of distrust and unwillingness to listen floats among decided and undecided voters. Politicians have until october 17 to turn likes shares retweets and social media followers into votes on election day.

Vote early and close to home. Voting starts earlier this election to protect our whānau and communities. The political use of social media by new zealanders will come under close scrutiny in the leadup to next month s election.

The law bars anyone from doing anything that influences a vote on election day over the 19 hours between midnight and 7pm saturday when. However some social media posts may violate the terms and conditions or community standards of the social media platform and can be reported to the platform on that basis. Nz election interference by us social media company thursday 15 october 2020 3 54 pm press release.

The electoral commission doesn t regulate the content of election advertising including the content of social media posts. Find your nearest voting place online or by calling 0800 36 75 56. With new zealand s 2020 election results rolling in kiwis are taking to social media to share their reactions.

Voting close to home will make it quicker and easier this year. Results began to be released at 7pm. Ahead of the election facebook twitter and youtube promised to clamp down on election misinformation including unsubstantiated charges of fraud and premature declarations of victory by.