Watch this space (and pay for it): Alaveteli-driven exposure of the misuse of public resources in an election campaign

Part of the Right to Know across Europe: impacts and lessons learned session of TICTeC Show and Tells 2021
Tuesday 28th September, 15:00 – 16:00 BST

In April 2021, Gong used the Alaveteli-powered platform ImamoPravoZnati.org (lit. WeHaveTheRightToKnow.org) to unveil the practice of funding a YouTube channel by the mayors and country prefect of a county in Croatia, ahead of the May 2021 local elections. The quaint footage of seaside towns and villages, and boasting of successful projects, in fact concealed a misuse of public resources for the purposes of incumbents’ campaigns.

This practice of non-transparent media buying is one that Gong addresses continuously.

The presentation focuses on how watchdog organisations and citizens can use FOI platforms to fight malfeasance in campaign finance.

Watch this space (and pay for it): Alaveteli-driven exposure of the misuse of public resources in an election campaign – Dražen Hoffmann (Gong, Croatia) from mysociety