Freedom House Cites CMDS Report

The Election Watch for the Digital Age project by the Freedom House, a U.S.-based, U.S. government-funded non-profit NGO, focuses on pre-election issues including influence operations, shutdowns, censorship.

The chapter on Moldova cites the findings of our Business of Misinformation report: “Misinformation often originates from the mainstream media and official channels, such as government officials or influential business people, rather than inauthentic websites. A number of the accounts that Facebook removed for spreading false and misleading information ahead of the 2019 parliamentary elections belonged to government officials. The significant number of Russian-speakers in the country also increases the potential reach of Russian-language misinformation.”