Troll of the Month: Media outlet Sinjali

The Balkan Troll of the Month is an individual, a group of individuals or a media outlet that spreads hate based on gender, ethnicity, religion, or other diversity categories. The Balkan Troll is selected based on hate speech incidents identified across the Western Balkan region.

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PSE, SI GAZETARE, PROTESTOVA KUNDËR NJË MEDIUMI?

Dje, më 17 gusht, iu bashkova një grupi protestuesish që ishin mbledhur para zyrave të mediumit online “Sinjali” në Prishtinë. Gazetarët i kanë përjetuar protestat kryesisht nga ana tjetër, me bllok në dorë, mjaftueshëm afër për të dëgjuar dhe mjaftueshëm larg për të mos u llogaritur, ndërsa dje isha brenda grupit, dhe për herë të …

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TROLL OF THE MONTH – SELECTION CRITERIA

The goal of the Reporting Diversity Network 2.0 monitoring is to identify and document the most significant cases (‘incidents’) of hate speech and divisive discourses in the Western Balkans media. Incidents are defined by the speaker regardless of where they occurred, but monitoring refers to their media coverage. They can originate in the Parliament, party …

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The mind-bending that never ends

After Mladić's death, the public space was flooded with denial of crimes, belittling of victims and glorification of criminals.

SEENPM: Alpac Capital takeover of Adria News Network must be closely scrutinised

We, the SEENPM member organisations in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia, express deep concern over last week’s Alpac Capital’s takeover of Adria News Network (ANN). Its portfolio includes N1 in four countries; Nova S, Nova.rs, Danas and Radar in Serbia; and the Vijesti group in Montenegro. These are among the region’s few sizeable, independent, professional and non-nationalist news organisations. (In …

Monthly Monitoring Highlights – July

During the month of July, the RDN monitoring team identified a range of hateful narratives and discourse including sexism and misogyny, disinformation and hate speech and a range of unprofessional reporting from hate speech towards minors to historical revisionism.  Relativisation and revisionism in Bosnia and Herzegovina The 11th of July marked the 31st anniversary of the genocide …

Troll of the Month: Snežana Paunović, The Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government in Serbia

The Balkan Troll of the Month is an individual, a group of individuals or a media outlet that spreads hate based on gender, ethnicity, religion, or other diversity categories. The Balkan Troll is selected based on hate speech incidents identified across the Western Balkan region. The Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government, Snežana Paunović from the Socialist …