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10. January 2025.

Research on Milanović's bots has serious shortcomings

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.”

13. December 2024.

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

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.

13. December 2024.

Gong urged the State Electoral Commission: Investigate who is behind the disinformation campaign against Ivana Kekin

Gong calls on the State Electoral Commission (DIP), HAKOM, and Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, to further investigate which political actors were behind the defamatory campaign on the Ne Možemo accounts on TikTok and Instagram. The goal is to prevent further negative influence on the outcome of the presidential elections.

12. December 2024.

Gong Reports Anti-Možemo Defamatory Content to TikTok, the Electoral Commission, and HAKOM

Gong reported several TikTok posts to the platform, the State Electoral Commission (DIP), and HAKOM for spreading falsehoods about candidate Ivana Kekin and attempting to influence the elections.

Gong's analysis of parliamentary elections on TikTok: Plenković more likes than Pernar, Možemo the most followed party

The analysis showed that Prime Minister Andrej Plenković became one of the most popular politicians, even though he opened his account three weeks before the parliamentary elections, and that the most popular parties were Mozemo and HDZ.

Meta removes 150 HDZ fake profiles from Facebook and Instagram because of Gong

Meta removed a Croatian coordinated network consisting of 150 fake Facebook and Instagram profiles and pages, linked to the Croatian Democratic Union's (HDZ) Youth members, after Gong exposed and reported their daily support on HDZ's official Facebook page.

20. February 2024.

Plenković just as Vučić: HDZ uses bots against opposition and citizens

Gong's analysis has revealed that a multitude of bots, programs that automatically perform tasks with the aim of mimicking human activity, are providing support for HDZ's insults against the opposition on Facebook and manipulating citizens in the crucial election year.

Gong warned the Venice Commission about the non-transparent and unprofessional new Constituencies Act

In its opinion from 2007, the Venice Commission also highlighted deficiencies in Croatia's voter registration system and problems with fictitious residences.

24. April 2023.

Gong calls for discussion of election rules to be professional, transparent and inclusive

In democratic societies, electoral laws are amended in an inclusive and transparent manner, as they represent the fundamental rules of political competition that affect all political actors.

10. November 2022.

Gong advocated its solution for fair and constitutional elections in parliament

Gong advocated the model of dividing Croatia into six constituencies that respect the constitutional equality of voting rights and in which a different number of representatives are elected.

Equality is not only a constitutional category but the foundation of democratic societies

Equality of suffrage is not only a constitutional category and value expressed in the Constitution of the Republic of Croatia, but a real political and symbolic foundation of a democratically organized political community as a community of equal citizens.

8. December 2021.

The Commission has new rules on political advertising

New proposal on transparency and targeting of political advertising that should be beneficial for integrity of elections.

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