Struggle against Disinformation in the Czech Republic: Treading the Water
In the last decade, the Czech Republic’s foreign and security policy were destabilised with the activities of external actors, with Russia in the leading role, and also internal actors who followed the Russian and pro-Kremlin propaganda and disinformation campaigns and/or actively participated in su...
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| description | In the last decade, the Czech Republic’s foreign and security policy were destabilised with the activities of external actors, with Russia in the leading role, and also internal actors who followed the Russian and pro-Kremlin propaganda and disinformation campaigns and/or actively participated in such subversive activities. After 2015, within the set of crises and their securitisation, the disinformation network in Czechia was developed using the social media and the so-called alternative online media for the dissemination of disinformation, misinformation, fake news and chain mails including and disseminating these campaigns. As far as the leading persons in the executive belonged to the disinformers, the government did not develop working strategies against the disinformation campaigns as the new hybrid threat until 2021. At the end of 2021, the new government of Prime Minister Petr Fiala commenced in the Czech Republic with a new strategy regarding the hybrid threats, including disinformation. The one-year plan to establish the systemic platform for the struggle against such threats was challenged with the Russian aggression against Ukraine. The surprisingly strong response to disinformation campaigns after February 24, 2022, suggested a more systematic approach by the government against fake news and incitement to hatred. A year and a half on, however, we are seeing a stalling in place. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3c594dd97918424b9f43682f3c2b66ba2024-03-25T07:30:37ZcesSciendoPolitics in Central Europe2787-90382023-09-0119s137139110.2478/pce-2023-0017Struggle against Disinformation in the Czech Republic: Treading the WaterCabada LadislavIn the last decade, the Czech Republic’s foreign and security policy were destabilised with the activities of external actors, with Russia in the leading role, and also internal actors who followed the Russian and pro-Kremlin propaganda and disinformation campaigns and/or actively participated in such subversive activities. After 2015, within the set of crises and their securitisation, the disinformation network in Czechia was developed using the social media and the so-called alternative online media for the dissemination of disinformation, misinformation, fake news and chain mails including and disseminating these campaigns. As far as the leading persons in the executive belonged to the disinformers, the government did not develop working strategies against the disinformation campaigns as the new hybrid threat until 2021. At the end of 2021, the new government of Prime Minister Petr Fiala commenced in the Czech Republic with a new strategy regarding the hybrid threats, including disinformation. The one-year plan to establish the systemic platform for the struggle against such threats was challenged with the Russian aggression against Ukraine. The surprisingly strong response to disinformation campaigns after February 24, 2022, suggested a more systematic approach by the government against fake news and incitement to hatred. A year and a half on, however, we are seeing a stalling in place.https://doi.org/10.2478/pce-2023-0017hybrid threatsdisinformation campaignspropagandarussiaczech republic |
| spellingShingle | Cabada Ladislav Struggle against Disinformation in the Czech Republic: Treading the Water Politics in Central Europe hybrid threats disinformation campaigns propaganda russia czech republic |
| title | Struggle against Disinformation in the Czech Republic: Treading the Water |
| title_full | Struggle against Disinformation in the Czech Republic: Treading the Water |
| title_fullStr | Struggle against Disinformation in the Czech Republic: Treading the Water |
| title_full_unstemmed | Struggle against Disinformation in the Czech Republic: Treading the Water |
| title_short | Struggle against Disinformation in the Czech Republic: Treading the Water |
| title_sort | struggle against disinformation in the czech republic treading the water |
| topic | hybrid threats disinformation campaigns propaganda russia czech republic |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/pce-2023-0017 |
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