Editorial

16:04 JST, February 7, 2025

There has been a spate of serious incidents in which information of unknown veracity on social media has affected the outcome of elections. The act of candidates running in an election to support another candidate, with no aim of winning themselves, cannot also be overlooked.

To maintain the fairness and impartiality of elections, the government and the ruling and opposition parties need to be swift in taking measures, including legal regulations.

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party has compiled points for discussion related to the regulation of social media during elections, and has presented these to other parties. The LDP intends to revise the law to allow political parties and candidates to ask operators of social media sites to remove false information on the day, when they confirm such information on the sites.

Under the current law, site operators that receive a request........

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