Analysis of the most prominent narratives disseminated through the monitored channels: In September, the narrative portraying Moldova as involved in the war was heavily promoted on TikTok, peaking with the publication of a fake story originating directly from the Kremlin. Over time, this topic has been exploited by various fake news sites and bloggers, many of whom are linked to Ilan Shor. Certain politicians have also indirectly reinforced these narratives through statements emphasizing the “ne...

The Independent Journalism Center (IJC) released on Tuesday, September 23, its third monitoring report on the election campaign for the September 28, 2025, parliamentary elections. The report reflects the results of monitoring ten television stations—Moldova 1, TVR Moldova, GRT, Jurnal TV, Pro TV Chișinău, TV8, Exclusiv TV, Cinema 1, One TV, and N4—selected based on criteria such as audience, form of ownership, and language of broadcast. The third monitoring report covered the period from Septem...

During the first two weeks of the parliamentary election campaign in the Republic of Moldova, we identified both identity and conspiracy narratives, as well as using particular episodes for creating an image of arrogant and abusive governance in the information space on Facebook. At the same time, such foreign figures as George Soros were used in the political and media discourse, consolidating previously known messages based on fear and polarization. The narratives identified on 117 Facebook pa...

The Independent Journalism Center (IJC) released on Tuesday, September 16, its second monitoring report on the election campaign for the September 28, 2025 parliamentary elections. The report reflects the results of the evaluation of ten television stations—Moldova 1, TVR Moldova, GRT, Jurnal TV, Pro TV Chișinău, TV8, Exclusiv TV, Cinema 1, One TV, and N4—between September 6 and 12, 2025. In addition to the main news bulletins and programs on these stations, in the second week of the campaign, t...

The first two weeks of the election campaign on Telegram were characterized by intensified circulation of the statements made by the politicians. Opinions and critical remarks by Igor Dodon, Victoria Furtuna, Irina Vlah, and the others were borrowed by the channels from each other, which increased their impact and visibility. The general background of fakes and disinformation narratives which existed before the campaign did not disappear. On the contrary, new fakes presented as old narratives em...

The Independent Journalism Center (IJC) launched on Tuesday, September 9, its first monitoring report on the campaign for the parliamentary elections of September 28, 2025. The IJC monitored ten television stations—Moldova 1, TVR Moldova, GRT, Jurnal TV, Pro TV Chișinău, TV8, Exclusiv TV, Cinema 1, One TV, and N4—which were selected based on criteria such as audience, ownership, and language of broadcast. The report covers the period from August 29 to September 5. As part of its monitoring, the...

The issue of polling stations for residents of the left bank of the Dniester, where the constitutional authorities of the Republic of Moldova have no control, sparked disputes and heated discussions in the second half of August and became one of the main tools for spreading disinformation in electoral context on Facebook. The narratives identified on 98 pages and public groups on Facebook, although presented in various forms – discrimination, “second-class” citizens, conspiracies related to Ukra...

The “parade” of fake news items on Telegram, which started in the first days of August, had its continuation. In the second half of the month, a new fake news item was launched every 2-3 days, appearing on several channels which had a mission of spreading it. Publishing videos with images and texts in English was a practice used more frequently than before: it was intended to suggest to our audience that foreign journalists were also writing about Moldova. In fact, either nothing was written on...

Every day, the Moldovan TikTok is “invaded” by manipulative or fake videos partially or entirely generated by artificial intelligence tools. Their topics largely coincide with the disinformation narratives spread during the same period of time by the politicians, influencers, and anonymous accounts associated with the Russian Federation or Ilan Sor. During the previous monitoring which was conducted using a pre-determined list of hashtags for identifying disinformation narratives in the election...