Being a Facebook partner has led to a series of attacks on fact-checkers this spring and has raised the question of whether the press should be a FB fact-checker.
The Russian Foreign Ministry has been tasked with finding a solution to limit the harmful effects of the media in the Baltic nations and to counter the closure of RT’s channels.
Doxing, doxxing, or „dropping docs“, is the collection and publication of information about a person in order to cause him or her inconvenience.
Trofimov, who was detained at Manila Airport for more than three months, has continued to maintain his Facebook blog after returning to Estonia. The message of the postings are offensive to Estonia.
The Stop Hate For Profit campaign is putting pressure on Facebook through advertisers to limit the spread of messages that divide society. There is a lesson to be learned from this initiative in fighting the Kremlin’s propaganda channels in Estonia.
In mid-June, Latvia amended the Electronic Media Act, adding conditions to be taken into account when granting or revoking a transmission license.
On June 12, the Estonian Internet Foundation (EISA) imposed restrictions on two domains registered in Estonia in the name of Rossija Segodnya, baltnews.ee and sputnik-news.ee.