2027: Microsoft, Google strengthen election safeguards as FG launches voter campaign

• Microsoft offers election situation-room support, curbs AI images of candidates 
• Google admits gaps in local-language content moderation   •NOA launch nationwide campaign against vote buying, violence and apathy
 
From J uliana Taiwo-Obalonye and Aidoghie Paulinus, Abuja
Microsoft and and Google have pledged to strengthen safeguards against digital manipulation ahead of Nigeria’s 2027 general elections, with Microsoft offering to participate in a local election situation room and restrict AI-generated images involving candidates.
The commitments came at the AI and Democracy Forum in Abuja, where stakeholders demanded greater transparency in electoral technology and warned...