Elections are more than a balloting day; they are a collective act of trust between citizens and the systems that govern them. That trust, however, depends on a shared understanding of what is true. In an age when information races across social media faster than ever before, falsehoods can spread just as quickly as the facts they try to distort. That is why South Africa’s Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has taken a decisive step to protect the integrity of the electoral process. The IEC has officially designated Real411 as the online complaints mechanism for reporting incidents of disinformation under the…

For a while, it felt like a quiet Wednesday on Capitol Hill—the kind of day when lawmakers shuffle between briefings, their conversations a low murmur of schedules and half-finished amendments. But when Senator Mark Warner stepped in front of reporters, his words carried a weight that cut through the rhythm of routine. The Virginia Democrat, who serves as the senior Democratic member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, had just emerged from a classified briefing on election security, one of those sessions designed to give lawmakers the latest intelligence in a tense and fragile season. He didn’t have to shout to…