In parallel with the transformation of social media into one of the main sources of information, in recent years, one of the main challenges of the elections has been the manipulation of voters by harmful actors using various strategies and tactics. ...
The International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy has published four reports regarding the October 2, 2021 municipal elections, describing and analyzing the ongoing formal and informal election campaigns on social media platforms. In thi ...
The election campaign produced on Facebook is distinguished by discrediting messages. The targets of the negative campaign on the pages are the ruling party, as well as the opposition parties and their leaders. After the first round of the electi ...
The report describes campaigns focused on local political processes from September 13 to Election Day, October 2. The report includes the activities of the political parties participating in the elections, the mayors of the municipalities, as well as ...
For the 2021 local self-government elections, social media platforms and mainly Facebook serve as one of the main means of exchanging information. According to a survey conducted by the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) a ...
Along the election processes, anonymous pages and fake accounts have been activated and / or created on Facebook, posting harmful information and sharing it in groups in a coordinated and inauthentic manner. They are trying to create information chao ...
The present report analyzes the main trends identified on social media during the pre- election period of the 2021 local self- government elections. In particular, the report summarizes activity of official pages of political parties running in the e ...
Within its social media monitoring program, ISFED has monitoring political advertising on Facebook and Instagram for the second year, which includes monitoring compliance of political ads with national legislation and mandatory rules of Facebook. Wit ...