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Title | Date added | Template | Question Presented | Legal Issue(s) | Country | Language of Decision | Date of decision |
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In re Article 138 Electoral Code — No. 0382-E8-2018 | Aug 7, 2020 | Judgment | What is the scope of the Electoral Code as it pertains to the dissemination of opinion polls and surveys by companies and organizations not registered with the Electoral Administration when dispersed through social media platforms? |
| Costa Rica |
| Jan 16, 2018 |
Rideout v. Gardner | Aug 19, 2020 | Judgment | Whether a prohibition of a photograph of a completed ballot violates the First Amendment? |
| United States of America |
| Aug 11, 2015 |
Case on Election Campaign by Teacher via Social Networking | Jun 18, 2020 | Judgment | A public school teacher shared a post on his/her Facebook that indicated that a political candidate was lying. |
| South Korea |
| Feb 27, 2020 |
Case on Restricting Online Media from Publishing Columns, etc. Written by Candidates for Public Official Election | Jun 18, 2020 | Judgment |
| South Korea |
| Nov 28, 2019 | |
1999 (Gyo Tsu) 35 [Judgment of the Grant Bench, dismissed by the Supreme Court] | Jun 29, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the unequal treatment between independent and political party candidates regarding broadcasting during campaigns was unconstitutional. |
| Japan |
| Oct 19, 1999 |
Antonio Pedro de Siqueira Indio da Costa v. Public Electoral Ministry (No. 1825-24.2010.6.00.0000) | Aug 10, 2020 | Judgment | Whether tweets announcing candidacy before the election period violate the Election Law because it is a publicly accessible platform. |
| Brazil |
| Jun 4, 2010 |
Institutional Revolutionary Party v. Andrés Manuel López Obrador (SUP RAP 0268 2012) | Aug 7, 2020 | Judgment | Whether Twitter posts and Youtube videos constitute campaign acts? |
| Mexico |
| May 24, 2012 |
Balkan Investigative Reporting Network BIRN Internews and Kosova v. Serbian List | May 21, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the Serbian List's election spot violated the Election Code such that it incited hatred or violence. |
| Kosovo |
| Sep 27, 2019 |
Harle v. France | Jun 28, 2019 | Judgment | Should elections be annulled when 1) there were inconsistencies between the number of ballot papers and signatures, and 2) the candidate violated electoral propaganda laws when he posted a personal propaganda photo on his Facebook? |
| France |
| Dec 2, 2017 |
2018Hun-Ma456 | Sep 14, 2022 | Judgment | Whether the Public Official Election Act’s required verification of internet users when they post election-related content online during a campaign violates freedom of expression, freedom of anonymous speech, freedom of the press and the right to informational self-determination. |
| South Korea |
| Jan 28, 2021 |
Conseil d'État (CE), 4ème chambre, 31 May 2021, N° 441849 (unpublished in Lebon collection) | Jul 20, 2021 | Judgment | Whether an incumbent mayoral candidate’s advertisement purchased and disseminated on Facebook prior to the campaign period violated article L. 52-1. Whether the level of voter abstention observed is sufficient to cancel electoral operations. |
| France |
| May 31, 2021 |
State of Washington v. Facebook, Inc. | Sep 13, 2022 | Judgment | Whether Facebook violated election law by not maintaining records of their political advertising and failing to make those records available to the public. |
| United States of America |
| Jun 8, 2018 |
Conseil d'État (CE), 6ème chambre, 28 May 2021, N° 445567 (unpublished in Lebon collection) | Jul 20, 2021 | Judgment | There are a few issues. 1) Whether an opposing candidate’s advertisement purchased and disseminated on Facebook prior to the campaign period violated article L. 52-1; 2) Whether an outdoor campaign advertisement posted near a busy street and restaurant and shared on Facebook violated Article L. 51; 3) Whether the opposing candidate disseminated false or misleading information about voting by proxy procedures under Article L. 97; 4) Whether opposing candidate defamed complainant under Article 48-2 with a leaflet during the electoral silence period.; and 5) Whether the level of voter abstention observed is sufficient to cancel electoral operations. |
| France |
| May 28, 2021 |
Appeals declared by the Political Party "Dignity and Truth Platform" and the electoral candidate Andrei Năstase, by Political Party "Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova" and by the Electoral Council of the Chisinau Municipal Electoral District No. 1 | Oct 26, 2021 | Judgment | Whether the 2018 mayoral election in Chisinau were appropriately annulled due to violations of the electoral silence period on election day. |
| Moldova |
| Jun 25, 2018 |
Electoral Commission v. Watson | Jun 19, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the video and song Planet Key are considered election advertisements and/or election programs. |
| New Zealand |
| Oct 20, 2016 |
MOREA v. Party of Institutional Revolutionary (SUP 2015 REP 544 499367) | Aug 7, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the dissemination of campaign materials on twitter accounts of candidate and alternate candidates violate the electoral silence laws? |
| Mexico |
| Apr 20, 2016 |
PAN v. PRI (SM JIN 0035 2015) | Aug 7, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the Governor's presence and irregularities are sufficient to annul the election results. |
| Mexico |
| Aug 4, 2017 |
BIRN v. Democratic League of Kosovo | May 21, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the claimant met its evidentiary burden for determining that the respondent violated election law. |
| Kosovo |
| Oct 6, 2019 |
Canadian Broadcasting Corp. v. Canada | Jun 23, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the broadcasting restricted and alleged Charter violations therein may be heard on an expedited review basis. |
| Canada |
| Apr 11, 2011 |
Institutional Revolutionary Party v. Miguel Angel Yunes Linares (SUP JRC 0168 2016) | Aug 7, 2020 | Judgment | Whether Facebook posts that indicate a political position, but do not solicit votes constitute pre-campaign activity. |
| Mexico |
| Apr 25, 2016 |
SUP-REP-16/2016 Y SUP-REP-22/2016 ACUMULADOS | Oct 26, 2021 | Judgment | Whether the Green Party of Mexico and various famous persons were rightfully sanctioned for alleged campaign violations. |
| Mexico |
| Apr 20, 2016 |
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