Decoding disinformation: Regional mapping of disinformation and civil society in the Western Balkans

As part of the Digital Activism Program, led by TechSoup in collaboration with regional partners, we present the 2023-2024 Regional Disinformation and Civil Society Mapping Reports. These reports focus on four key regions in Central and Eastern Europe: the Western Balkans, the Visegrad region, the Black Sea region and the Baltics. Each report provides a comprehensive analysis of disinformation trends, the influence of external actors, the war in Ukraine, and the unique challenges civil society organizations in these regions face, as well as the needs they have in order to effectively carry out their mission.

Since 2018, TechSoup’s Digital Activism Program and its partners in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and beyond have been dedicated to empowering civil society organizations to build sustainability by providing practical tools and skills. By highlighting the needs and shortcomings of civil society, these reports aim to bring to organizations the knowledge gained on how to strengthen their resistance to disinformation and enable effective adaptation of their strategies in the changed social context.

Towards a Feasible Implementation of the Digital Services Act in the Western Balkans

The Study elaborates on the readiness of Western Balkan countries for the harmonization of their national regulations with the EU’s Digital Services Act. This Act represents the most ambitious regulation, both at the European Union and the global level that aims to protect the fundamental rights of users of digital services. It does so by […]

Climate Conspiracies in the Western Balkans: Widely Imported and Persistently Repeated

The topic of climate is fertile soil for spreading disinformation. Denying the existence of global warming, conspiracy theories claiming the climate change is a tool in the hands of secret societies or powerful individuals in order to control or harm the populations, allegations that human influence on the climate is not as big as scientists […]

DISINFORMATION TRENDS AND NARRATIVES IN THE WESTERN BALKAN REGION MEDIA MONITORING REPORT FOR THE PERIOD OCTOBER – DECEMBER 2023

During the last quarter of 2023, various external actors continued to target the societies of Western Balkans with disinformation and related manipulation tactics, through a range of influence operations by various authoritarian forces, to hybrid warfare by Russia. This monitoring report presents an overview of key disinformation trends affecting Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, […]