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The year 2024 will be the biggest election year ever. An estimated two billion people in around 64 countries and the European Union will vote this year. That is almost half the global population. The elections will bring big changes for the future of many people. Voters in the world's four largest electoral blocs – the EU, India, Indonesia and the USA – will cast their votes. Taiwan goes to the polls first on January the 13th. For much of the year, eyes will be on events in the US. In November, there will be a repeat of the 2020 election if Donald Trump runs again.
Journalists are worried about how free and fair elections will be. Bloomberg.com has asked a question that is on the lips of many people: "Will 2024 be the year fake news destroys democracy?" Bloomberg said artificial intelligence will be used to change the way people vote. It said there will be "a storm of disinformation…unlike anything the world has ever seen". It added that disinformation "gets harder to spot as fake with every passing month". Fact checkers will have to work extra hard to reduce the number of AI-based fake news stories on social media.
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