Comment on “U.S. Presidential Election: Manipulating Public Opinion with Disinformation” [in Japanese]

On October 17, 2024, NHK’s Mimiyori! Kaisetsu published an article titled “U.S. Presidential Election: Manipulating Public Opinion with Disinformation,” featuring comments from Professor Maiko Ichihara of the Graduate School of Law. The article explains how, before the presidential election, disinformation aimed at manipulating public opinion was spreading in the United States, with increasingly sophisticated tactics. Professor Ichihara noted that, although public opinion in Japan is not as polarized as in the United States, information laundering is occurring in Japan too. She cautioned that disinformation is becoming easier to spread, as some social media companies are scaling back their monitoring systems.

 https://www.nhk.jp/p/ts/X67KZLM3P6/episode/te/Z2Z68XNKVQ/