Estonia needs proactive legislation to restrict “harmful foreign media outlets,” in addition to sanctions imposed on Russia, Andres Jõesaar, media adviser at the Estonian Ministry of Culture, stated, ERR reports. He conceded that the recent controversial proposal by the Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority (TTJA) to monitor media bias was “badly worded.” However, Jõesaar…
Cyber attackers are conducting targeted DDoS attacks against Lithuania, Liudas Alisauskas, director of the National Cyber Security Centre (NKSC), announced, BNS reports. The attacks disrupted the mobile public transport ticket system, m.Ticket, in Vilnius and the website of the capital city’s development agency, Go Vilnius. Also, NKSC recorded two incidents when anti-NATO disinformation was broadcast…
The Lithuanian MEP, Viktor Uspaskich, and his former wife, Jolanta Blazyte, are funding a new social media platform and alternative news website, 77.lt, LRT reports. The website, which was launched in April 2023, has attracted users who spread fake news about the coronavirus pandemic, vaccines, and the war in Ukraine. The network operates as part…
The online group of anti-disinformation activists, North Atlantic Fella Organization (NAFO), will hold a “summit” in Lithuania’s capital, Vilnius, ahead of the upcoming summit of NATO leaders, LRT reports. The community has evolved into an international movement that counters Russian propaganda through sarcasm, ridicule, and witty images. With no clear structure, NAFO operates in a…
The Latvian political activist, Valentins Jeremejevs, has released several videos in which he claims that 2,000 families in Latvia will be evicted from their homes due to the construction of the Rail Baltica railway, Re:Baltica reports. Jeremejevs’s most popular video on TikTok has been viewed by almost 150,000 people and on Facebook by 2,300 people….