Bulgarians' views on the war in Ukraine, EU, NATO and democracy, and their belief in disinformation narratives
The study contained herein presents the results of in-depth public opinion polling conducted in Bulgaria in partnership with GLOBSEC. Data on the situation in Bulgaria was analyzed in detail by the Institute for Global Analytics. The findings demonstrate that Bulgarians are outliers in the context of societal dispositions in other Central and Eastern European countries. Bulgaria records:
- The lowest adherence to the EU and NATO.
- The least critical assessment of Russia.
- The weakest perception of threat from Moscow and Beijing.
- The highest approval of autocratic leaders.
- The most entrenched anti-Western views.
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In June of 2022, Google, Meta, Microsoft, TikTok, Twitter (rebranded as X) and a selection of advertising industry companies all signed up to the strengthened Code of Practice on Disinformation (European Commission, 2022). One of the goals of this strengthened version of the code was to empower the industry to adhere to self-regulatory standards in order to combat disinformation. The strengthened code also claims to set a more ambitious set of commitments and measures aimed at combating disinformation online.
Our aim here is to offer an assessment or evaluation of the implementation of the 2022 Code of Practice on Disinformation (CoP) by these companies in Bulgaria. Very little information exists on the implementation of the strengthened Code of Practice when it comes to Bulgaria by Very Large Online Platforms and Very Large Online Search Engines (VLOP and VLOSE) and this is a country which is particularly vulnerable to disinformation narratives. [+]
