TIRANA, Oct 29 /ATA/ The chairman of SP parliamentary group, Taulant Balla, submitted on Tuesday to parliament the draft resolution on foreign meddling in electoral processes and disinformation in national democratic processes.
Balla highlighted the necessity of this resolution underlining the fact that foreign meddling in electoral processes, disinformation and fake news in democratic processes polarize public opinion, incite acts of violence and inflame language of hatred undermining democracy and dashing public confidence in democratic processes.
Foreign meddling constitutes a challenge as it is associated with serious risks to society and Albanian democratic institutions, the fundamental rights and freedoms, rule of law, security, economic welfare, it is a challenge to sovereignty of Albania.
The resolution comes after global interconnection of people and economies with new digital instruments and technologies has been used and misused by certain countries dealing with foreign interference; where the media, especially social platforms, can be easily used to spread disinformation.
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