Close ally of populist prime minister Robert Fico claimed 53.85% of vote, beating pro-Western opposition Ivan Korčok

Pellegrini’s victory cemented Fico’s grip on power by giving him and his allies control of major strategic posts. The new government immediately halted any arms deliveries to Ukraine.

  • Riddick3001@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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    7 months ago

    This CNN article has a deeper, different take; and gives some context:

    "The campaign was marked by concerns over disinformation, with Věra Jourová, the European Commission’s top digital affairs official, saying in advance the vote would be a “test case” of how effective social media companies have been in countering Russian propaganda in Slovakia. "

    Seems there were plenty of protests as well.

    • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      71·
      7 months ago

      The fact that so many governments seem to be mostly ok with taking a hands-off approach to regulating social media electoral disinformation and propaganda - especially when it’s clearly being coordinated and pushed by hostile actors - is baffling. Putin and Xi will happily destroy western society using our own tools… and we’re letting him do it. We’ve tried nothing, and we’re all out of ideas.

      • Riddick3001@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        4·
        7 months ago

        Interesting point. I feel that the role of disinformation as a whole, is being dowplayed in society, if that’s what you mean. At the end of the day it is people /civilians whom are being influenced and they vote or elect a government. Also, the EU is trying to cope with it, but it seems they are one of the few fighting this battle, and they aren’t always backed strongly by national governments.

        If you ask me, the mainstream culture ( media and bartalk etc) hasn’t catched up with current events as they have been unfoldind for the last decade. People still want to believe that" all is well, and maybe we don’t need to change too much".

        But many, if not most people underestimate the power of propaganda/ disinformation. It is being used because it works. It’s hard to fight it , but I 100% agree that more could and should be done.