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Disinformation systematically undermining fight against COVID-19 in North Macedonia

The spread of disinformation about the coronavirus and the vaccines against COVID-19 during the pandemic is undermining the fight against the coronavirus, and the state has to take appropriate measures to deal with the disinformation. This, among other things, was pinpointed by the participants in the discussion "Fight Against COVID-19 Related Disinformation" organized by Metamorphosis Foundation as part of...

Discussion about 5G: The advantages are enormous, the dangers, so far, lie only in the conspiracy theories

All the  scientific studies that were conducted or are underway all around the world including the measurements in the places where this technology is implemented, including the measurements during the tests conducted in Skopje, show that 5G technology has no proven adverse effect on people's health or the living environment. It is always good to be cautious, to question...

Call for applications for grants to civil society organizations promoting the Digital Agenda

The Foundation for Internet and Society - Metamorphosis, through the "Increasing Civic Engagement in the Digital Agenda – ICEDA” project that is co-financed by the European Union, published a call for applications for grants to civic organizations promoting the Digital Agenda. "Through the second Small Grants Scheme Cycle LOT 2:Awarding of grants for Digital Agenda Advocacy Initiatives, awarding 15 small...

Open call for participation in the online Open Data Hackathon

The Metamorphosis Foundation for Internet and Society is organizing the first Open Data Hackathon as part of the USAID Civic Engagement Project. This four-day challenge aims to bring together and encourage young, creative and innovative people to develop demo innovative solutions that should bring closer to citizens the open data published by state institutions.   WHO CAN APPLY? Students and startup companies...

Metamorphosis Foundation marks the World Press Freedom Day – the infodemic remains the chief challenge

World Press Freedom Day is celebrated today, for the 28th time. The Metamorphosis Foundation congratulates all journalists, media workers and all the others who fight for the freedom of expression and for human rights. The free and professional media have a key role in securing knowledge and voice for the citizens, uncovering corruption and developing a culture of criticism where...

Metamorphosis Foundation panel discussion: Fact-checking provides citizens with right information necessary to make right decisions

The fact-checking is just a small part of the fight against disinformation, which is a hard and arduous undertaking in this digital age, amidst the rising impact of social networking on our lives. This is the conclusion of the panel discussion on the occasion of the 2nd of April – The International Fact-Checking Day, which was organized by the...

If they want to prevent corruption, state institutions must publish data in open and easily accessible format

There is no direct correlation between the openness of the institutions and their budgets. There is no correlation between the openness of the executive bodies and the openness of the ministries they are part of... This is what the results of the all-encompassing empirical research present, on the basis of the Index of Openness as part of USAID's Civic...

The POINT Conference starts with a discussion about the elections in the Balkans during the pandemic

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the leading regional annual conference about political responsibility and new technologies - POINT is returning with a new, online format: POINT Talks. Today, the 5th of February 2021,, starting at 15h, the first of series of events will take place i.e. the online panel discussion on the subject of "Elections during the pandemic: Case...

CMEM decides upon Metamorphosis’s appeals: Lider, Kurir and Netpres have breached articles of the Journalist Code of Ethics

The Appeals Commission - CMEM - of the Council of Media Ethics of North Macedonia, on the 24th of December 2020, reached a decission on the appeals from the Foundation for Internet and Society "Metamorphosis" for an article published on the news sites Lider.mk, Kurir.mk and Netpress.com.mk, which by doing so, have breached several articles of the Journalist Code...

MISA and Metamorphosis Foundation promote an online platform for Open Government Partnership

The Ministry of Information Society and Administration (MISA) of North Macedonia, in cooperation with Metamorphosis Foundation, as part of the project for Civic participation, supported by USAID, has developed online platform i.e. web portal for Open Government Partnership. "The goal of the portal for Open Government Partnership (OGP) has the purpose of a platform for interaction and exchange of information...

International Human Rights Day and their importance in building the post-Covid-19 world

Today is 10 December, the International Human Rights Day. On this day in 1948, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the first global document to articulate human rights and bring them to the forefront globally, as well as one of the greatest achievements of the United Nations. Moreover, the celebration of...

Hate speech and harrasment campaign against Metamorphosis staff continues with impunity: “Should we shoot them or bring funeral wreaths to their homes?”

"Here is the cancer of the society," "slowly we are completing the list, information is arriving from all sides and we already have their home addresses," "poor bastards, they don't know they will be erased too, and very quickly," "should we shoot them or bring funeral wreath to their homes," "Macedonians, spit on them in public..." "Get to know...

E-Society.mk: It takes digital “maturity” to bring digital transformation of the society

The 16th edition of the international conference "E-Society.mk" with the subject of "Inclusion and Effectiveness - Good Governance and Internet" has started today and for the first time due to the COVID-19 pandemic it is completely organized online. The event is organized by Metamorphosis Foundation for Internet and Society. In his opening remarks, its Executive Director Bardhyl Jashari put...

At this year’s E-Society conference, learn more about the existing e-services in North Macedonia and the region

There is not enough knowledge about North Macedonia's Digital Agenda and there is even less knowledge about the available e-services that the institutions offer to the citizens. As witnesses of the global COVID-19 pandemic, we can notice that the approach toward a digital transformation is more than a necessary step for better functioning of the society and we can...

Investigative article: RNM’s Portal for e-Services is semi-functional, citizens possess the equipment, but do not receive information (II)

"More commitment by all state institutions is needed to exploit the full potential of the e-portal. The COVID-19 crisis has proved the importance of digitalising the public administration and strengthening the provision of online services to citizens and businesses through the e-portal "- was the message in the European Commission report published on 6 October 2020, regarding the use...

British Ambassador Galloway condemns the hate speech and false accusations against Meta Agency’s journalists

The Ambassador of Great Britain, Rachel Galloway on her Twitter account condemned the hate speech and the false accusations on social networks and certain news sites towards Meta.mk's staff, who together with their colleagues from Metamorphosis  have found themselves targets of malice since Lider news site published an article with inflammatory speech. Galloway requested that all relevant institutions take...

EU Ambassador David Geer: The threats against Metamorphosis foundation’s staff should be promptly investigated

The EU Ambassador in North Macedonia, David Geer, on his Twitter profile requested that the hate speech and the smear campaign against the Metamorphosis Foundation's staff be promptly investigated and expressed his support to the staff. https://twitter.com/AmbassadorEU/status/1328348269483872257 Four days ago, during the night when most of the citizens in Macedonia were celebrating the victory of Macedonian's national football team and its...

Macedonian Journalist Associations urge the Ministry of Interior and the Public Prosecution to act upon hate speech towards journalists and civil society organizations

The Association of Journalists of Macedonia (AJM), the Macedonian Independent Syndicate of Journalists and Media Workers (ISJMW), and the Council of Media Ethics of Macedonia (CMEM), most strongly condemned the hate speech that we were witnessing in the past several days against a number of journalists and one civil society organization. They called upon the state authorities and institutions,...

Journalist associations condemn the hate speech in social networks to Metamorphosis Foundation’s personnel

The Council of Media Ethics of Macedonia (CMEM), the Association of Journalists of Macedonia (AJM), the Macedonian Independent Syndicate of Journalists and Media Workers (ISJMW), and the Macedonian Institute for Media (MIM) condemn the hate speech against the personnel of the civil society organization Metamorphosis, which was spread in the social networks with the publication of an article "(PHOTO)...

The claim that Metamorphosis employees delete content from Facebook is defamation

On 12 November 2020, a text entitled “(PHOTO) These are the people who delete content from Facebook in Macedonia!” was published on the website www.lider.com.mk, which lists several false claims that can be characterized as defamation. Among other things, the controversial article contains a collage of photos of some of Metamorphosis Foundation employees, and the title reads that these are...