Asja Metodieva: Zapadni Balkan pati od slabih medijskih sistema i nedostatka transparentnosti
Asja Metodieva radi na svom doktoratu na Centralnoevropskom univerzitetu (CEU), Budimpešta, istražujući radikalne pokrete, sa fokusom na regrutovanju stranih boraca. Njen rad “Russian Narrative Proxies in the Western Balkans”, koji je nedavno objavio Nemački Maršalov fond (German Marshal Fund -GMF), istražuje rast anti-zapadnih/proruskih narativa...
Zaev proposes a plan for joint battle against the disinformation
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, announcing the draft for a plan for combatting the disinformation and fake news, at press conference yesterday pointed out that misinformation and disinformation about North Macedonia, in addition to a part of the local media, is also spread by other...
Metamorphosis approach to fighting domestic and cross-border disinformation presented at POINT 8.0 conference in Sarajevo
From 16 to 18 May 2019 Metamorphosis shared key insights from their recent work at the 8th edition of the international conference Political Accountability and New Technologies – POINT in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
POINT is jointly organized by the ACTION SEE network, which is...
Metamorphosis Foundation takes part in the Stockholm Internet Forum 2019
Metamorphosis Foundation has been invited to contribute to one of the most important global events in the area of technology and the Internet, the Stockholm Internet Forum 2019 (SIF), currently taking place in Sweden.
Organized by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), the Stockholm...
With elections just days away, Ukraine faces disinformation, cyber attacks and further Russian interference
Ukrainians will head for the polls on Sunday 31 March in what will be the first regular national elections since the country's 2014 Euromaidan revolution.
With its Crimean peninsula still occupied by Russian forces, an ongoing military conflict in eastern Ukraine, and rising activity of far-right groups, the...
Facebook deletes thousands of profiles from Macedonia, Kosovo, Russia and Iran
Facebook today announced that it has deleted thousands of profiles from Macedonia, Kosovo, Russia and Iran, which had showed "unauthentic coordinated behavior". Of the social networks Facebook and Instagram, 2,632 profiles, pages, and groups were deleted for various reasons.
Of the total number, 1,907 profiles...
Vuk Velebit: Serbian press more biased than Russian “Sputnik”
In Serbia, manipulation and misinformation on the part of pro-regime TV stations is part of everyday life. A major problem is the lack of information and the Government's intention to manipulate public opinion through its TV stations and discredit political opponents.
Vuk Velebit is an...
Vuk Velebit: Srpska štampa je pristrastnija i senzacionalnija nego ruski “Sputnjik”
Vuk Velebit je autor i istrazivač koji se bavi ruskom propagandom u dnevnoj štampi Srbije. Istraživao je na koji način se stvara proruski narativ, odnosno da li se taj narativ stvara iz Rusije ili je on produkt novinara i urednika iz Srbije.
Velebit je završio...
Open Data Portal is a good step forward, but for full transparency there is still a lot of work to be done
The creation and launch of the new Open Data Portal for the Government of the Republic of North Macedonia is a good step forward, which gives a clear signal of commitment to transparency. However, in order to identify the real potential benefits, it is...
Through the “21st Century Schools” project, the children will acquire digital skills
The British government will invest 10 million pounds to help a million pupils from the Western Balkans learn digital skills for the future.
The "21st Century Schools" project started today and 330 elementary schools will take part in this project. Children on the age between...
Alma Janka: The best remedy against misinformation is media education
In an interview with Portalb.mk, Alma Janka, chief editor of Faktoje.al, a fact-checking service in Albania, says that the best "remedy" against misinformation is media education. According to her, there should be a greater spirit of cooperation between the media and other actors that...
The region will be digitized and the roaming tariffs will fall
The Minister of Information Society and Administration, Damjan Manchevski is the host to the EU Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society, Mariya Gabriel, the ministers and high representatives of the Western Balkans' countries and the Minister of Digital Policies, Telecommunications and Media in Greece,...
Metamorphosis Foundation and Ministry of Information Society and Administration mark the Safer Internet Day with new video
More than 140 countries mark the Safer Internet Day on 5 February under the motto “Together for a better Internet”. The celebration of this day is an action call to all stakeholders to jointly help create a better Internet for everyone, especially the youth.
On...
Big Brother Awards return to Bulgaria
For the first time in six years, Bulgarian civil society organizations organize the Big Brother Awards, a means to shame the worst violators of citizens’ privacy during the previous year.
Internet Society Bulgaria and Access to Information Program in Bulgaria call for nominations of governmental...
Manchevski: Central electronic population register and e-services portal nearly finished
Today, Minister of Information Society and Administration Damjan Manchevski spoke at the first e-commerce conference held in Skopje and referred to the importance of providing e-services as the basis for the digitalization of Macedonia.
"The final activities are underway to launch a new national e-services...
Meet and Code as part of the European week of programing
The participants in Macedonia will have the opportunity to gain knowledge in the domain of technology as part of the European week of programming that is taking place fro 6 -21 of October, through events supported by the Foundation of Internet and society "Metamorphosis",...
This week the European Parliament votes on whether to-save the internet or kill it
This week, on September 12, the European Parliament is going to vote on a bill that threatens to irreparably damage the Internet as we know it. Under the guise of copyright reform, there are are a number of “reforms” that are going to cripple...
The debate on the new national cyber security strategy begins
The Ministry for Information Society and Administration, Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Interior- together drafted a working version of the National Strategy for Cyber Security of the Republic of Macedonia. The debate already started in electronic form, by giving proposals, recommendations and...
“Freedom and the Internet in Macedonia”: Privacy, Fake News and Hate Speech are the new challenges
The "Freedom and the Internet in Macedonia" conference, organized by the Foundation for Internet and Society "Metamorphosis", as part of the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Foundation Open Society Macedonia (FOSM) - was held at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MSU) today.#ФООМ25
The...
“Freedom on the Internet”: Larger need for Education, Greater Awareness & Transparent Law Practice
At the second public event "Freedom on the Internet" organized by the Metamorphosis Foundation and implemented in cooperation with the Faculty of Computer Science & Engineering – FINKI and the "Internet Governance Forum Macedonia", it was concluded that there is a larger need for...
