Clickbait republic: How algorithms shaped the vote

I have been thinking about how we now experience elections. Not at polling centres, not in rallies, but in the endless scroll of our phones. The 2026 national election in Bangladesh did not feel like a traditional democratic exercise. It felt like a high-velocity feed. A stream of outrage, hope, betrayal, conspiracy, nostalgia, and defiance -- everything flattened into thumbnails and captions;... Details