英国选举委员会最新报告显示，今年地方和市长选举中候选人遭受骚扰和恐吓的情况大幅增加1。超过50%的工党和改革英国党候选人报告遭受不当行为、骚扰或安全威胁1，其中改革英国党候选人的遭受比例最高，达到59%，其次是工党54%、绿党42%、独立候选人37%、保守党26%和自由民主党22%1。三分之一的候选人因骚扰或恐吓表示可能不再参选1。
女性、少数族裔和残障人士成为骚扰的主要目标1。79%的女性候选人至少有一次避免独自进行竞选活动，相比之下男性候选人仅为46%1。在表达政见方面，57%的女性候选人因骚扰威胁而避免谈论有争议的话题，男性候选人则为32%1。
选举委员会主任维杰·兰加拉詹表示："我们现在最大的担忧是这种骚扰和恐吓的增加"1。报告指出这种现象已开始改变选举政治的运作方式1。此外，调查还发现超过50%的受调查选民表示看到过错误信息，十分之一表示看到过深度伪造材料1。
A report released by the UK Electoral Commission has documented a sharp increase in harassment and intimidation directed at candidates during this year's local and mayoral elections, with women, ethnic minorities, and people with disabilities facing the most severe abuse 1. Over half of Labour and Reform UK candidates reported experiencing misconduct, harassment, or safety threats 1, while one-third of all candidates indicated they may not run for office again due to such intimidation 1.
The pattern of abuse is starkly gendered: 79 percent of female candidates reported avoiding solo campaigning activities compared with 46 percent of male candidates, and 57 percent of female candidates avoided discussing controversial topics against 32 percent of males 1. Reform UK saw the highest rate of candidate abuse at 59 percent, followed by Labour at 54 percent, the Greens at 42 percent, independent candidates at 37 percent, the Conservatives at 26 percent, and the Liberal Democrats at 22 percent 1. Electoral Commission Director Vijay Rangarajan stated that "our biggest concern now is this increase in harassment and intimidation" 1. Despite these challenges, 94 percent of UK voters expressed satisfaction with the electoral process 1, though over half of surveyed voters reported encountering misinformation, with one in ten seeing deepfake material 1.
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