Hacking Democracy: Cybersecurity and Global Election Interference

Abstract

As the global community enters a new digital era, the increase of social connectivity, the proliferation of online hostile actors, and the deliberate obfuscation of media pose new challenges to democratic processes around the world. In this project, we examine the global impact of Internet-based election interference on democratic processes through a survey of 12 democratic countries with elections within the past five years. We use this information to derive policy recommendations for the US government based on successful government policies in states surveyed and an in-depth understanding of the US case.