Tag: Elections

MOLDOVAN SOCIAL MEDIA REFLECTED DIVISIONS IN SOCIETY

25.08.2021 Mediapoint and MEMO 98, with the support of the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA), monitored social media in the run-up to the 11 July parliamentary elections in Moldova.

THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF SOCIAL MEDIA DURING ELECTIONS

16.05.2021 Seoul International Forum on Elections 2021 organized by the National Election Commission of the Republic of Korea focused on the role & responsibilities of social media during elections

DIGITAL SERVICES ACT - THE ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETY SHOULD BE REINFORCED

14.04.2021 Over the course of 22 years, we have conducted numerous monitoring projects in Slovakia and almost 60 other countries aimed at improving the media environment prior to elections, strengthening critical thinking and helping citizens to receive comprehensive...

THREE FINDINGS FROM THREE COUNTRIES

09.03.2021 We monitored social media platforms to determine their impact on the recent elections in Belarus, Moldova and Kyrgyzstan. Check interviews with three experts to learn what were the three main findings in each country.

KYRGYZ Presidential Election in Social Media [final]

09.02.2021 Between 19 November 2020 and 9 January 2021, Media Development Center, a Kyrgyz media organization, and MEMO 98, a Slovak non-profit specialist media-monitoring organization, monitored social media in the run-up to the 10 January early presidential election...

THE MANY FACES FIGHTING DISINFORMATION

25.01.2021 MEMO 98 is featured in the publication titled “The Many Faces Fighting Disinformation: Safeguarding Civil Society’s Role in the Response to Information Disorders" as an organization monitoring elections in the digital age.

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN SOCIAL MEDIA - MOLDOVA 2020

12.01.2021 Between 1 September and 13 November 2020, in cooperation with Mediapoint, we monitored how politicians and parties used Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok in the context of the November 1 and 15, 2020 presidential election in Moldova.

Kyrgyz election 2021 in social media [prelim]

11.01.2021 While not winning on social media, Japarov takes the presidency Bishkek, Bratislava, 11 January 2021 Monitoring of the Kyrgyz snap presidential election showed that Sadyr Japarov was outcompeted by other candidates on social media but that did not stop him...

SANDU'S ONLINE POPULARITY TRANSLATES TO ELECTION WIN IN MOLDOVA

16.11.2020 Source: Roveliu Buga/AP Chisinau: Moldova’s new President-elect Maia Sandu out-competed the incumbent Dodon in online campaigning ahead of the second round of voting, helping her secure victory in the runoff, according to social media monitoring...

TRAINING TO THE GEORGIAN MEDIA REGULATOR (GNCC) BY MEMO 98 PRIOR TO THE ELECTIONS 2020

25.10.2020 Source (CC) The 31 October Georgian parliamentary elections will be conducted under a new electoral system with 120 members of parliament proportionally elected in a single nationwide constituency and 30 elected in single-member constituencies. An...