Disinformation
Belgium
859
COMPACT SYMPOSIUM: DISINFO IN EU ELECTIONS & THE ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY TRENDS
24.10.2019 The symposium brought together policymakers, academics, NGOs and other stakeholders to discuss how to make social media and our democratic discourses more resilient to extremism and disinformation, especially in light of elections. The aim of the COMPACT project is to raise awareness about emerging legal, policy and technological developments and increase the understanding of how the convergence of those trends influences media and society.
United States
699
SOCIAL MEDIA, DISINFORMATION AND ELECTORAL INTEGRITY
28.09.2019 The appearance of various types of disinformation and their threat to the integrity of elections have become gradually an issue of global concern. There is a need to have a better definition of problems and terms, and a deeper understanding of the challenge...
Slovakia
873
SOCIAL MEDIA IN UPCOMING ELECTIONS IN EUROPE: HOW TO MONITOR THEM
28.09.2019 MEMO 98, in cooperation with Democracy Reporting International (DRI), organized a workshop “Social media in upcoming elections in Europe: How to monitor them?” which was held on 19 – 20 September 2019 in Bratislava, Slovakia. The...
Nigeria
817
SOCIAL MEDIA MONITORING AND ELECTION OBSERVATION - NIGERIA 2019
04.08.2019 Niger Delta Watch 2019 was a citizen-led election observation project reporting on the 2019 Nigerian presidential and governorship elections. The project focused on the states of Rivers, Bayelsa, Delta, and Akwa Ibom. Niger Delta Watch 2019 was a joint...
Austria
910
POLITICS IN THE DIGITAL AGE
07.04.2019 MEMO 98 expert Rasto Kuzel was one of the speakers at the Danube University Krems which, along with the Tallinn University of Technology, Ragnar Nurkse Department of Innovation and Governance, hosted the Eastern Partnership eDemocracy Conference on &lsquo...
Georgia
527
TRAINING ON SOCIAL MEDIA MONITORING IN GEORGIA
18.12.2018 Our expert has worked as a media consultant in the framework of a project entitled “Study and Research on Election Media Coverage for 2018 Presidential Election in Georgia”, implemented by United Nations Development Programme Georgia ...
Myanmar
1115
TRAINING ON MONITORING SOCIAL MEDIA DURING ELECTIONS IN MYANMAR
08.10.2018 We have been working in Myanmar since 2010, providing a series of workshops for NGOs, journalists, and others and most importantly, conducting monitoring of the media coverage prior to elections in 2010 and 2015 respectively. Since 2015, we have been...
United States
1279
INTERVIEW WITH DR. BEATA MARTIN-ROZUMILOWICZ ON THE ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA DURING ELECTIONS
19.12.2017 MEMO 98: How do you see the new emerging trends particularly related to the role of social media in elections? Do you see it as a problem that needs to be addressed? Dr. Beata Martin-Rozumilowicz: I think in a number of recent elections,...
Hungary
1185
MIKLOS HARASZTI ABOUT THE IMPACT OF DISINFORMATION ON ELECTIONS
19.12.2017 MEMO 98: Mr. Haraszti, there is a lot of discussions these days about the role of disinformation and propaganda, how do you see it? Do you see it as a really dangerous trend? Do you see it as really having a potentially negative impact on elections in... 
