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Latvia Monthly: International Court of Justice
During the reporting month, Latvian social media actors primarily focused on issues arising out of Latvia's European Union membership, portrayed in a positive light in states such as China as well as addressed the changes in the Latvian education system. The main narratives are as follows :
Read moreLatvia Weekly: Friendship with China and faults of the USA
In the examined week, the main disinformation narratives discussed surrounded the cooperation between Latvia and China as well as potential war with Russia. Familiar to all content was to portray that media in Latvia does not provide impartial information and that the Western world and Globalists. In terms of platforms, most engagement is reached in TikTok. In comparison to prior months, content on Facebook is reaching less engagement.
Read moreLatvia Weekly: Brussels dictate and misused donations to Ukraine
In the examined weeks, new disinformation narratives have appeared. The new disinformation narratives have an underlying message of the European Union not being beneficial for Latvia. The content surrounding the Green Deal and global warming does not question global warming as such but rather focuses on how these restrictions imposed by the European union are negatively affecting the Latvian economy and even comparing the European Union to the USSR. Nevertheless, content on such topics is not gaining significant engagement.
Read moreLatvia Weekly: Green initiatives - a threat to Latvian economy
During the examined week the disinformation narratives were comparatively diverse in comparison to prior weeks. Nevertheless, the primary issues discussed are domestic, such as corruption, societal values and language. From the examined platforms, most engagement is reached on TikTok and Facebook, where content is posted in video format. In the prior weeks, there had been a noticeable trend of disinformation channels being more active on Twitter, which is starting to reach significantly more engagement. Nevertheless, the engagement is highly critical.
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