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As an idea, media moratoriums immediately prior to elections seems fairly sensible. AI and disinformation attacks are likely to be 'last minute'. Maybe the entire phone and Internet system is going a bit far. Also, obtaining broad consensus for just muting the main social media channels doesn't seem that unreasonable. My thought is, unless gunmen are showing up at polling stations, what exactly is so urgent to discuss that people haven't already made up their minds about in 24 hours? Here's a few pro and anti standpoints [0..3].

[0] https://tech-ish.com/2024/01/12/2024-elections-internet-blac...

[1] https://www.axios.com/2020/09/25/majority-polled-back-a-soci...

[2] https://www.wired.com/story/opinion-on-the-week-of-the-elect...

[3] https://cybershow.uk/blog/posts/election-disinfo/

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