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Gong is a non-partisan citizens' association founded in 1997 to encourage citizens to participate more actively in political processes.

Presidential Elections on Social Media: Defamation, Bots, and Questionable Research

digital democracy, elections, misinformation

23. January 2025.

The presidential elections confirmed the importance of social media in election campaigns, and the ways in which they can be used for election manipulation, by pushing a defamation campaign, using fake profiles, and publishing questionable research ahead of election silence.

Croatia still in a state of emergency: Even in 2024, a third of laws passed in an emergency procedure

parliament, democracy

13. January 2025.

The Rules of Procedure of the Croatian Parliament stipulate that laws are adopted in a fast-tracking procedure only exceptionally. In reality, it's anything but that.

Research on Milanović's bots has serious shortcomings

digital democracy, elections

10. January 2025.

The research is anonymous, and the methodology is insufficiently explained. It does not include information about the number of observed accounts and posts used for the network analysis on the X platform, and the analysis of Facebook comments does not specify the number of fake profiles identified, stating only that there were “many.”

Is the Prime Minister signaling a willingness to penalise organisations that insists on free and fair elections?

civil society, democracy, good governance, government, rule of law

19. December 2024.

With such statements, directly referencing the bodies that co-finance civil society in Croatia, including Gong, the Prime Minister sends a message that he can influence the allocation of public funds to NGOs.

Gong in Prishtina: Better regulation of online political campaigns is necessary

democracy, digital democracy, elections, good governance

13. December 2024.

Elections have moved to the digital sphere a long time ago, yet there is a lack of sufficient monitoring of online political campaings from competent authorities.

Presidential Elections on Social Media: Defamation, Bots, and Questionable Research

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Croatia still in a state of emergency: Even in 2024, a third of laws passed in an emergency procedure

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Research on Milanović's bots has serious shortcomings

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Is the Prime Minister signaling a willingness to penalise organisations that insists on free and fair elections?

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Gong in Prishtina: Better regulation of online political campaigns is necessary

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The importance of civic education: What lessons can we learn from Finland, Austria, and Romania?

In countries where there is a lack of legal framework related to the formal implementation of Civic Education into the school system, a significant role is played by non-formal education. In Croatia, this responsibility is largely carried out by civil society organisations, as a new Gong research on non-formal civic education programs is showing.

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