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2024 Elections

#FreeAndFair: Late to the Party(s): How ECI dragged its feet in the 2024 General Election

The general elections to elect the 18th Lok Sabha witnessed the spread of communal content as well as deepfakes, cheapfakes, and other forms of edited media with misleading claims. The ECI’s response to this rapidly developing situation has been overwhelmingly delayed and inadequate.
18 June, 2024
7 min read
Tejasi PanjiarTejasi Panjiar & Shravani Nag LankaShravani Nag Lanka
MeitY

A DM from the PM (and the storm it stirred)

Last week, millions of WhatsApp users received a message from the Ministry of Electronics & IT, undersigned by the Prime Minister, asking for feedback on schemes introduced by the incumbent government. We unravel what this means for your privacy and the electoral process.
22 March, 2024
7 min read
Tejasi PanjiarTejasi Panjiar & Disha VermaDisha Verma
vulnerability

IFF explains: An Election Commission vulnerability that could expose your phone number!

A vulnerability in the ECI’s National Voters Service Portal website was exposed by an independent security researcher in December last year. The vulnerability allowed access to un-redacted, registered phone numbers of voters. The vulnerability was eventually patched by the ECI IT team.
15 January, 2022
7 min read
Tejasi PanjiarTejasi Panjiar & Rohin GargRohin Garg

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