„Media Azi” Broadcast, Edition 46: Trolls Manipulate and Mislead Us. How to Identify Them?

There are different definitions for trolls. Some call them „media hooligans“, others call them „mercenaries“, who spread denigrating, provocative or false information, seeking to denigrate ones or whitewash others, be it political forces, ideologies or public persons. How does this phenomenon manifest itself in Moldova? Is there an effective way to fight the trolls?

This is the subject of this week edition of „Media Azi“, in which the journalist Nicolae Negru, anchorman, discusses the issue with the director of the Consulting and Image Promotion Company „Poliexpert“ Igor Volnitschi, co-owner of five informational portals.

Find out from the broadcast why the troll phenomenon has expanded in recent years in Moldova. How they work, what they do, who finances them and whose interests they represent. Also find out if there are trolls or teams of trolls in our country paid by the state, as is the case of the Russian Federation, for example.

See what the protagonists of the show think about the ways to neutralize the trolls and what answers give to the questions that we are all concerned about: Who and how could identify the trolls? How can this phenomenon be stopped? What are the possibilities provided by the national legislation? While fighting with the trolls phenomenon, don't we somehow attempt on the person's right to expression?

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“Media Azi” broadcast is weekly produced by the Independent Journalism Center. It is intended to disclose the problems faced at present by the journalists of the domestic media and to identify solutions to hem. The broadcast may be viewed on the websites www.moldova-azi.md,  Media Azi and Mediacritica, as well as on the Youtube channel of the Independent Journalism Center. 

The broadcast was produced with the financial support of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, provided by the means of the Embassy of Sweden in Chisinau.