Columbia International Affairs Online: Policy Briefs

CIAO DATE: 05/2014

PakVotes: A Social Media Experiment in Elections Monitoring

April 2014

United States Institute of Peace

Abstract

PakVotes, an experimental project run by a Pakistani NGO and supported by USIP, brought social media platforms together with a network of reporters to track violence during Pakistan’s 2013 elections. The experience offers lessons for the future use of social media to publicize conflicts and violence during elections and other major events.