Author(s): Žana Erznožnik, fact-checking project Razkrinkavanje.si by Oštro, fact-checking educator
Reviewer(s): Katarina Bulatović, Slovene Press Agency, formerly Razkrinkavanje.si, and Jernej A. Prodnik, the Department of Journalism, University of Ljubljana
Updated on 10/01/2025
Introduction
- The disinformation landscape in Slovenia is marked by using peoples’ fear and feelings of inequality, changing it into distrust and hate towards marginalised minorities and exploiting it for political or economic interests. Common examples of disinformation practices are selling “alternative medicine” to vulnerable patients, attempts to deprive migrants of their rights or tightening the welfare state based on false information.
- In many cases, disinformative narratives are building on legitimate fears and real events but presenting them in misleading context or with false or inaccurate information.
- While most health and climate change-related disinformation primarily comes from civil society groups and activists, who have their agenda and often also economic interests in mind, disinformation attacks against minorities and human rights, such as anti-migrant fake stories, are primarily spread by right-wing politicians and their media channels.
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