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Significance
The Pirates and their coalition partners have fallen to third place, having previously made a shock breakthrough to surpassg Prime Minister Andrej Babis’s ANO party. Pirates leader Ivan Bartos’s claim has highlighted the prevalence of disinformation, affecting politics and security everywhere.
Impacts
Disinformation can affect politics, business, organisations and whole societies.
There is clear evidence of the Russian origin of some disinformation, if not categorical evidence of Moscow’s official involvement.
Hungary is an exemplar of governments using disinformation to limit press freedom and civil rights.
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EU,
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Baltic states,
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Estonia,
Hungary,
Latvia,
Lithuania,
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Poland,
Slovakia,
Russia,
economy,
industry,
international relations,
politics,
social,
foreign policy,
government,
internet,
policy,
security,
defence,
election,
espionage,
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language,
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private sector,
telecommunications
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