About 63% of Czechs believe the government’s efforts to tackle conspiracies and disinformation are insufficient, according to the survey results of a study conducted by the Median Agency for Czech Radio.
According to the survey, young people consider the governing cabinet’s fight against disinformation insufficient. “To a greater extent, this space is occupied by people under 29 – in 75% of cases. People with secondary education with a high school diploma in 70% of cases,” Median director Přemysl Čech told Czech Radio.
On the other hand, 18% of the public consider the fight against disinformation sufficient. The remaining 19% of respondents said they could not judge this.
The opposite opinion is more often held by people with primary education or voters of the opposition Freedom and Direct Democracy Party (ID).
According to the Czech radio, disinformation and conspiracy theories are more easily succumbed to by people who stop trusting institutions, authorities, the state or the system in general. About 6% of the public accept disinformation uncritically.
Still, Czechia has no strategic concept for fighting against disinformation. The position of the Czech commissioner for the fight against disinformation was abolished in February 2024, which was criticised by the Czech publisher’s association.
According to the new methodology of the Regional Development Ministry, conspiracy websites should not receive public money. The methodology for online advertising is intended to help ensure that public institutions’ advertisements do not appear on disinformation and conspiracy websites.
(Aneta Zachová | EURACTIV.cz)
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