Disinformation

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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,...

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...

STRONGER NOW OR ERODING ITS FOUNDATIONS - DEMOCRACY IN EUROPE ONE YEAR AFTER TRUMP

28.11.2017 28 November in Projektzentrum Mercator, Berlin, Germany