#GE15: The current state of play in Scotland and at Westminster http://shr.gs/6dUtgcK

In praise of the leaflet-stuffers, door-knockers and dog-dodgers of #GE15 http://shr.gs/69a83SL

（笑） RT @iainmacwhirter: Blow for Sturgeon as TNS polls shows nearly half of Scots will NOT vote SNP. http://polho.me/1IX7zvR #GE15 #GE2015

There was 1984 on the Cen thing where we had an Ariane Grande in Starbucks once. I don't think I'll stick with the fairies, something I'm overly familiar with. #GE15 Every cloud, etc. East of England and Wales don't. #Eurovision #BUL It doesn't matter where you thought you'd left it. I'm so bad about working from home - empty office, barely see over the years!

The incumbent lost to fucking #PN. It's my first time voting in the state polls, and the general election during #GE15, and both times I've only ever noticed many Chinese voters not only in my voting station but ~3-4 others near me too. No idea how this PN fella could win but I'm guessing there were many other Malay votes to be secured from elsewhere I'm not really aware of.

I was over the moon when my first vote managed to boot KJ off during GE15, this one really hurts though 🥲 I live surrounded by idiots apparently.

RE: https://firefish.social/notes/9ibr95pwb11aa0sn

High #PRN15 turnout so far vs #GE15 for both #Kedah and #Terengganu, while quite bad turnout for other states including #Penang and #Selangor. Whether that's good for #PN or #PH I have no idea until the results are out at the end of the day 🤠

based on reports on #Twitter, seems like this is true everywhere except for #Terengganu - which is expected to be the only state to match or surpass the turnout in #GE15 somehow. lots of other places including my own reported that there weren't any wait/queue even for the age 18-25+ channels by ~10am, when the queue was definitely long during GE15. it does vary between places though, some places have reported an increase in turnout instead of decrease.

RE: https://firefish.social/notes/9iaydih9sixmmlps

I used to tweet local #politics a lot on #Twitter (all I do on Twitter really), and I'm almost the complete opposite here. Main reason being - Twitter is just where everyone else is (in #Malaysia), and it's also where all my (irl) friends are. I feel a strong need to keep my friends informed about current politics and the importance of voting. It feels wrong because I haven't really been tweeting in ages since #GE15, but until the results are out for the state #elections tomorrow, I'll be bugging people and following updates there.

Here we have an express vote opt, meaning they vote for us to stay away from a car with a Squarial on it. #GE15 Looks like What's on TV ages ago but didn't. Google now estimating I'll get to the speed of Flash could be signed by Kentucky? I've not read the manual copy protection I've seen. Can we implement this voting system isn't representative.

Wanted: 18-24 year old Malaysians (as of last year) for a survey on #GE15. Please share this post!

https://qualtrics.kcl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_9ucYIKYEYHZSYHs

Pushing my survey again because responses have stagnated and I need way, way more participants before it closes. Would appreciate if anyone knows people that age and can help spread the word.

This survey is available in English and BM, and related to navigation of (political) information on social media related to the elections last year.

Weekend callout for 18-24 year old Malaysians (in country and abroad). I'm trying to find out how you nagivated information during #GE15 online - please fill in this #survey for my #research project. https://qualtrics.kcl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_9ucYIKYEYHZSYHs
Appreciate if you can boost, share among your networks and direct folks to this! #malaysia #generalelections #socialmedia #malaysiaboleh

Malaysians aged between 18 and 24 - please help me fill in this #survey for my #research project on #GE15! It’ll take you about 10-mins or so, and available in English and BM. https://qualtrics.kcl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_9ucYIKYEYHZSYHs Please share far and wide! Thanks! (Pic for attention - by mkjr_ from Unsplash) #malaysia #youth #elections

Why is the #House #Speaker vote a big story in #Asia? It had little to no impact on foreign policy, trade, or any relevant issues. Whereas regional events, like #China's Communist Party Congress, #Malaysia's recent #GE15, or upcoming elections in #Thailand #Indonesia & #Taiwan have far greater regional importance, but get little attention outside their own country.

Wish Asians (& Asian media) would pay more attention to their neighbors.

My thoughts on #QT - it tempts people to talk AT other people. And ... it could help amplify disinformation/toxic content. One of the eye-opening things I learned from the #TikTok racist video saga this #GE15 was from @muniramustaffa . We think we're doing good by quoting these content and "speaking out" but what we're doing is just spreading the message. That was really revalatory for me.

PS: @Gargron thoughst about QTs: https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/99662106175542726

#Twitter #Mastodon #mastodonmigration

Trying not to check work emails while on annual leave but (!!) just got news that I’ve been awarded two small internal grants at Faculty and Department level to conduct some research in #Malaysia about young voters related to the recent #GE15 15th General Election and I am buzzing! #youth #politics #undi18

I am amazed that someone felt it was necessary to translate my most recent GNET article into Italian, and I'm so grateful that my work is being disseminated widely. I didn't anticipate such an overwhelmingly positive reaction and degree of interest.

My investigation was motivated by the desire to understand and identify the problem. While everyone was so preoccupied with blaming "extremism" for the GE15 outcome, I was disatisfied because I didn't think it truly explained the problem. The nature of the information ecosystem made it conducive for targeted influence campaigns. My concern rose when I realised that the contents of TikTok were the result of digital astroturfing, but no one made the effort to highlight the financial incentives of the influencer economy as a contributing factor to the problem.

I hope that the lessons learned and identified vulnerabilities from #GE15 will enable us to take the necessary precautions to mitigate these key risks and safeguard future elections.

https://terresottovento.altervista.org/teorie-cospirative-e-politiche-di-destra-nelle-elezioni-malesi/

I am pleased to share my latest, published by the Global Network on Extremism & Technology (GNET), in which I did a deep dive into Malaysia's recent general elections (#GE15). In this write up, I discussed a number of important themes, such as 1) cybertroopers, 2) conspiracy theories, and 3) right-wing extremism.

In this article, I highlighted how they overlap and interconnect in exacerbating existing social tensions in Malaysia, a country with a long and complicated history, to be weaponised for the self-interest and political ambitions of opportunistic political players.

I also described how the information ecosystem is plagued not only by domestic bad actors but also by foreign influence operators who aim to disrupt a nation's democratic processes. The emergence of the influencer economy on social media allows political interference. In the conclusion, I identified risks as well as critical policy applications and lessons to be learned in order to safeguard future elections.

https://gnet-research.org/2022/12/14/rage-clicks-hatebomb-and-the-new-world-order-how-hard-right-politics-and-conspiracy-theories-overlapped-to-undermine-malaysias-elections/

Are we writing the news wrong? The avalanche of apocalyptic opinion pieces during the recent #GE15 election in #Malaysia have made me wonder if #journalists have forgotten that life isn't always a disaster, that there's hope.

A podcaster pointed me to The Christian Science Monitor whose news pieces always have a blurb "Why we Wrote this". Their tagline: "Beyond fear, beyond anger. Real news, real hope."

PS: I was a #journalist once upon a time.

‘Institutional reform’ as part of Ministerial portfolio in the new #malaysian cabinet. Time for them to walk the talk. #politics #ge15

Our latest issue of #AsiaUndercovered focuses on the recent election in #Malaysia #GE15, which ended up with a surprising result.