Czech Specialist Unit to Fight Fake News, Propaganda Allegedly Spread by Russia
According to The Guardian, the Center Against Terrorism and Hybrid Threats would be operating since January 1 and would be aimed at preventing interference into the October general elections as the Czech authorities considered that the level of online disinformation was currently rising.
“The key goal of Russian propaganda in the Czech Republic is to sow doubts into the minds of the people that democracy is the best system to organise a country, to build negative images of the European Union and Nato, and [to] discourage people from participation in the democratic processes,” Tomas Prouza, the Czech government’s state secretary for European affairs, was quoted as saying by the Guardian.
The European authorities have repeatedly accused Moscow of propaganda, while Russia denies the accusations.
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