「Information Manipulation and Harassment of Local Leaders: Impacts and Implications」（2026年3月）は、ビクトリア州地方自治体協会（MAV）・オーストラリア国立大学（ANU）・ドイツ・マーシャル基金（GMF）が共著し、Australian Resilient Democracy Network（旧・Resilient Democracy Research and Data Network）のDiscussion Paper 16として刊行された研究文書だ。著者はMAV民主主義・外交部長でありANUのInstitute for Infrastructure in SocietyおよびGMFのヴィジティングフェローを兼ねるIka Trijsburgと、GMF Citiesのシニアプログラムマネージャーでベルリンを拠点とするPaul Costelloの二名で、資金提供元に内務省（Department of Home Affairs）が含まれる点は機関バイアスの観点から留意が必要だ。
MAVはビクトリア州79の地方自治体を代表する法定ピークボディで、本報告書の問題関心は同協会が地域で蓄積してきた知見から直接出発している。分析対象は、地方選出代表者および市政リーダーを標的にした偽情報・ハラスメントの実態、それが民主主義的意思決定に与える影響、および対応策の体系化だ。実証データは2025年4月〜10月の当事者インタビューとMAV・ANUが2025年9月に開催したラウンドテーブルでの聴取に加え、プリンストン大学・NYU・英国地方自治体協会・欧州評議会・欧州自治体地域評議会（CEMR）の各調査を横断的に参照する形式をとる。国際比較を主軸とし、オーストラリア固有データを接続するデザインのため、国内のデータは今なお限定的だと著者自身が認めている。
問題の規模：国際比較とオーストラリアのデータ
プリンストン大学のBridging Divides Initiative（BDI）はCivicPulseと共同で2022年8月から四半期ごとに米国地方自治体職員約400人を対象に脅迫・ハラスメント調査を実施している。2025年第2四半期の結果は侮辱被害の可能性49%・ハラスメント33%・脅迫16%を記録した。ジェンダー・人種・民族別の集計が本調査の重要な付加価値で、侮辱については女性58%に対して男性45%、マイノリティ文化背景52%に対して非マイノリティ50%という差異が確認される。ハラスメントでは女性42%対男性32%・マイノリティ39%対非マイノリティ35%、脅迫では女性21%対男性16%・マイノリティ23%対非マイノリティ17%という格差が一貫して観察された。
英国では地方自治体協会（LGA）が2025年に「Debate Not Hate」調査の第3回を実施し、イングランドとウェールズで1,861人を対象とした。回答者の72%が過去12カ月に役割遂行中に虐待または威圧を経験したと回答しており、これが障害を持つ人では86%、LGBTIQ+では85%、女性では78%に上昇する。25%が自身または近親者に対する暴力・死亡脅迫を直接経験した。52%が自分に関する誤情報の標的にされ、11%がドクシング（個人情報の無断公開）を経験した。重要な連鎖として、73%が「役割を遂行する際に個人的なリスクを感じる」と答えており、LGBTIQ+・障害者・女性・少数民族ではこれが84〜85%に達する。
欧州では2025年のCEMR調査が、加盟都市での偽情報のうち37.5%が選出代表者に向けられたものだと記録し、ここでも女性とマイノリティが不均衡に標的化されている。フランスでは2022年に実施された3,696人の市長調査で63%が不作法行為の被害を受けたと回答し、2020年の53%から10ポイント上昇した。
オーストラリアのデータは国際比較に比べて蓄積が薄いと著者は率直に認めるが、入手可能な数値は深刻さを物語る。2025年のタスマニア州地方自治体協会調査では回答者の78%が過去2年間にコミュニティメンバーから虐待・いじめ・威圧を経験したと答えた。最も多い経路はソーシャルメディア（47%）で、公共の場での口頭（37%）・議会会議中（35%）・書面（27%）が続く。ビクトリア州での2024年の選出代表者301人を対象とした調査では、80%が脅迫的または威圧的行動を経験し、59%がいじめまたは（非性的）ハラスメント、15%が性的ハラスメントを報告した。43%がこれらの問題が在任期間中に悪化したと認識している。
標的の偏りと自己検閲の連鎖
女性・LGBTIQ+・ラシャライズドグループ（racialized groups）への集中は全調査を貫く一貫した知見であり、著者はこれを「既存の偏見を増幅させる、下流に潜む女性蔑視と人種差別主義の顕現」と分析する。ハラスメントと誹謗の性質そのものが異なる点も重要だ——これらのグループは排外的・同性愛嫌悪的・トランス嫌悪的・人種差別的・女性蔑視的なスラーと偽情報に加え、本人だけでなく子を含む家族への脅迫を受ける比率が他の任期保有者より高いことが記録されている。オーストラリア地方自治体女性協会の調査では、2024年ビクトリア州地方選挙への再出馬を断念した女性70人のうち80%が「虐待的環境」を要因として挙げた。
これらの圧力に晒された個人の反応として報告書が最も重要視するのが「自己検閲」だ。地方職員はしばしば孤独に敵意に対処し、ソーシャルメディアへの存在制限・公開イベントへの出席制限・論争的な話題からの撤退という形で自衛する。フランスでは市長の年間辞職数が2008〜2026年にかけて4倍に増え、2020年7月以降の辞職数が累計2,189件に達した。英国では再選を予定しない、あるいは未定の選出代表者の26%が「虐待や威圧の可能性」を決定要因として挙げており、女性では32%、障害を持つ人では37%に上昇する。タスマニアでも再出馬を予定しないと答えた回答者の約半数が、コミュニティメンバーからの有害行動をその理由に挙げた。米国では地方選出代表者の40%超が再選または上位職への立候補意欲に影響が出たと回答しており、女性ではこれが約半数に達する。
標的の偏りと自己検閲の連鎖が持つ構造的な含意はここにある——偽情報・ハラスメントによって最も沈黙させられる声は、まさに民主的議論に最も多様な知識と視点をもたらす可能性が高い声だ。さらに地方政治はより上位の政府レベルへの候補者パイプラインとして機能しており、地方での参加断念が州・連邦レベルの代表の同質性を強化するという上流への波及効果も著者は指摘する。
民主主義への波及：政策・選挙・信頼
報告書は個人への影響にとどまらず、偽情報・ハラスメントが地方民主主義の機能そのものを毀損する四つの経路を析出している。
政策立案への影響はもっとも直接的だ。標的にされた個人が分断的な争点から撤退することで、それらの争点に関する議論そのものが均質化・萎縮する。気候変動・都市計画・社会的包摂といった複雑な政策領域における議論が、反対勢力による標的型偽情報によって抑制されるケースが世界の都市から報告されている。ロンドンでは「15分都市」計画が「政府による監視と管理」という陰謀論的フレームで攻撃を受け、一部都市で政策撤回につながった事例が記録される。カナダでは気候行動を妨害するために地方議会にAI生成の偽科学ブリーフが提供されたケースも報告されている。付随するコストとして、増加したセキュリティ対策・法的・ガバナンス対応の人件費が本来のサービス提供から政策立案資源を奪うという実務的問題もある。
公的参加への影響においては「アストロターフィング」——真の市民感情を偽装した組織的コメントや署名活動——の手法が、地方政府が正当なコミュニティの声を識別・対応する能力を阻害する。外国国家主体・経済的利益を持つ集団・国内の組織的ネットワークいずれもがアストロターフィングを利用していることが複数都市で確認されている。
信頼への影響は双方向だ。標的型偽情報は対象個人と、その個人が代表する組織への市民の信頼を同時に損なう。他方で市民の敵対的行動に晒された地方政府も市民への信頼を失い、市民を「集団的な政策インプットの提供者」から「リスク管理の対象」として位置づけ直すようになる。
選挙への影響については、著者が引用した先行研究が重要な知見を提供する——有権者の地方候補者に対する意見は州・連邦の候補者に比べてはるかに可塑的であり、新たな情報（偽情報を含む）が地方選挙の結果に有意な影響を与えやすい構造がある。米国では「極端な声だけが選挙に打って出て統治できる」状況が生まれつつあるという現場職員の証言も記録された。
3つのドライバー：社会的・政治的・技術的条件
報告書は標的型偽情報・ハラスメントの増大を孤立した問題としてではなく、三種類の条件が交差して形成された構造的環境として捉える。
社会的条件として著者が挙げるのは、格差拡大・孤独の蔓延・グローバルな住宅危機・気候・経済的要因による人口移動という現代的文脈だ。これらが従来から周縁化されてきた集団——移民・女性・LGBTIQA+・宗教的・文化的マイノリティ——を標的にした不満ナラティブの「肥沃な土壌」を形成する。デジタル・メディアリテラシーの不足もこれに重なる。2024年のオーストラリア全国調査では42%の成人が「オンラインで見つけた情報が正確かどうか確認する自信がない」と回答し、80%以上が「メディアリテラシーはすべての年齢層に必要」と同意した。地方ジャーナリズムの空洞化——広告収入の減少・購読離れ・ソーシャルメディアへの転換による地方紙の閉鎖——も検証されていない情報の拡大に直接寄与している。
政治的条件としては、反民主主義的・ポピュリスト的運動の急速な台頭とその地方レベルへの注力が記録される。2025 Edelman Trust Barometer Global Reportが示したデータは報告書の中核的証拠として使用されており、回答者の40%が「変化を促すために敵対的行動は正当化される」と感じており、27%がオンラインでの攻撃を認め、25%が意図的な偽情報拡散を認めていた。公民リテラシーの低さが複雑な民主的システムの理解を困難にし、制度への不信と時に敵対心を醸成するという経路も析出されている。
技術的条件として報告書が最も詳細に扱うのはAI生成コンテンツとソーシャルメディアアルゴリズムだ。ディープフェイクは地方リーダーへの標的型攻撃に使用されており、2024年のロンドン市長Sadiq KhanのAI音声偽造事例が具体例として挙げられる——製造された挑発的なクリップが「深刻な騒乱を引き起こす可能性」に至ったとBBC報告を引用している。南オーストラリア州は2025年に政党・選出代表者・候補者が「その人が実際に行っていない行為を虚偽に描写する」選挙的ディープフェイクの作成・拡散を禁止した最初のオーストラリア州となった。性的ディープフェイク・ヌード化アプリも女性選出代表者を含む公人への標的として拡大していることも記録される。ソーシャルメディアプラットフォームのアルゴリズムは「エンゲージメントを最大化するよう設計されており、情報の正確性に対するガードレールはほとんどない」という評価が繰り返し参照される。
法規制の欠陥と7つの勧告体系
現行の規制・法的保護が標的にされた個人の即時ニーズを満たすには「不十分で、アクセスが困難で、対応が遅い」というのが報告書の一貫した評価だ。
オーストラリアでは偽情報それ自体は多くの管轄区で違法ではなく、eSafety CommissionerのAdult Cyber Abuse制度を利用するには「特定のオーストラリア人成人を標的とし、深刻な被害を意図し、かつすべての状況において脅迫的・嫌がらせ的・攻撃的」という複数条件を同時に満たす必要がある。コンテンツ削除を実現しても、コンテンツが拡散し始めてから長く存在する必要はなく、一度公開された内容を完全に消し去ることは困難だと著者は指摘する。警察対応の不十分さも記録されており、2025年7月にはビクトリア州の選出代表者22名がメディアを通じて「死亡脅迫がなければ警察は動かない」という認識を表明した。英国では警察に報告した21%のうち30%が「対応が全く懸念を解消しなかった」と答えた。接近禁止命令取得には負担の大きい法的手続きを要し、弁護士費用を個人が負担しなければならない場合もある。
こうした現状を踏まえ、報告書は7分野の勧告を提示する。個人支援（Rec.1）は地方選出代表者向けの先制的対応学習ツール・オンデマンドの心理・ウェルビーイング支援・不均衡に標的化されるグループの定着を支援するメンタリングを柱とする。組織支援（Rec.2）は地方自治体の偽情報対応システム・構造の整備と、州・準州ごとに地方政府がアクセスできる集中型「Rapid Response Mechanism」の設置を求める。多層規制（Rec.3）は地方自治体セクターの集合知を規制強化の議論に接続する規制タスクフォースの設立、選出代表者・候補者による標的型偽情報使用への対応メカニズムの整備、法執行機関の地方リーダー脅威評価能力の強化を含む。メディアリテラシー（Rec.4）は地域単位の情報誠実性構築に向けたローカルメディアタスクフォースと、コミュニティの多様な構成員にアクセス可能なメディア・デジタルリテラシー施策を求める。コミュニティ（Rec.5）は市民集会を通じたコミュニティ主導の応答開発と、管轄区間での学習共有を提案する。協働（Rec.6）は地方レベルでの多セクター・多都市間のパイロット連携と、国際ベストプラクティスへの構造的アクセスを求める。国家的証拠基盤（Rec.7）は最後に、現在最も欠如している要素として縦断的な全国調査——選出代表者と一般市民の双方を対象とし、米国BDIモデルや欧州CEMRの「地方レベル民主主義防衛のための欧州オブザバトリー」を参照する設計——の確立と、「Research to Practice Hub」の設立を求める。
報告書が最後に強調するのは、個人への支援と規制対応は即時に実施可能な施策だが、真の解決はソーシャルメディアプラットフォームの設計・アルゴリズムの透明性・AIコンテンツの規制という技術的条件、および社会的分極化・ポピュリズム・市民リテラシーという構造的条件に同時に取り組まなければ限界があるという認識だ。地方自治体は「コミュニティに最も近い政府」として最も高い公的信頼を享受する一方で、最も露出が高く、最も保護が薄い位置にある——その逆説が本報告書の中心的な問題意識だ。
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Consortium partners are looking to refinance loans
and find enough money to finish tower two (of
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Cheng said he killed the original deal to buy
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Chow Tai Fook Jewellery chairman Henry Cheng Kar-shun, holds a souvenir during the trading debut of the company at
the Hong Kong Stock Exchange December 15, 2011.
First phase of the resort project by Suncity is under
construction near the beach coastline of Hoiana, Vietnam March 26, 2018.
Cheng said the deal wasn’t going ahead because of Suncity’s poor finances — not because due diligence had uncovered anything shady about Chau.
He was barred from any involvement in the Brisbane venture — and died the following year.
Chow Tai Fook Enterprises, controlled by Hong Kong’s Cheng family, is a jewellery and property
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It’s part of a huge procurement of public pieces designed to keep “art at the precinct’s heart”.
The Sky Deck’s viewing platform, along with a trio of
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“The Star has been advised that Charter Hall no longer intends to proceed with the proposed transaction,” the company confirmed in an ASX announcement on June 20
last year. Star’s initial $248 million deal to sell the two buildings fell through in June 2023
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the company is still under the purview of Mr Weeks. A show-cause notice on Star’s casino licence was initially deferred until December 2023,
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In its quarterly update posted to the ASX on Wednesday, the company flagged a deal was “unlikely” to go through before the
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