New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: How do we protect voters from political manipulation online?

Ask HN: How do we protect voters from political manipulation online?
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If the Cambridge Analytica scandal showed us anything, it is how powerful big data, analytics and micro-targeting can be in influencing voters. The technologies CA used are available to anyone, and pose the question if any political campaign from now on can afford not to use them to the maximum extent. This makes the entire political system rife for manipulation, and poses a risk to democracy itself. Voters - misled by misinformation - are enticed to vote against their own interests. Regular people are the victims in this new reality. Social media and the internet are weaponized, while the people's vote is disarmed. How can we protect the people? What solutions have we come up with since CA to safeguard democracy in this digital age?