The year 2024 will be biggest ever year for voting. National elections will take place in around 64 countries, as well as in European Union. estimated two billion people - almost half global population - could vote at some time this year. The results of these polls will bring big changes for future of many people. Voters in world's four largest electoral blocs - the EU, India, Indonesia and the USA - will be casting their votes. One of first contests will be in Taiwan on January the 13th. For much of year, eyes will be focused on events in US. In November, there will be repeat of the 2020 election if Donald Trump runs for President again.
Journalists are worried about how free and fair many elections will be. The website Bloomberg.com has already posed question that is on lips of many people. It asked: "Will 2024 be year fake news destroys democracy?" Bloomberg said bad actors will use artificial intelligence to change way people vote via phoney news articles. It said there will be " storm of disinformation and digital manipulation unlike anything the world has ever seen". It added that disinformation has already begun to spread, and that this "gets harder to spot as fake with every passing month". Fact checkers will have to work extra hard to reduce number of AI-based posts on social media.
