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Election oversight bodies need new powers to tackle the falsehoods, disinformation and 'dehumanising' abuse that tarnished February's parliamentary polls, a new BIRN report says.
Despite fines imposed by the Election Complaints and Appeals Panel and the Supreme Court on political parties for using hate speech during the electoral campaign, a Kallxo.com investigation revealed that most of the materials are still accessible online.
Civil society groups, activists and diplomats have jointly condemned what they call the organised targeting on social media of critics of Kosovo's ruling Vetevendosje party.
Kosovo human rights activist received threats after she called famous Kosovo football player a "thug" for gestures against Serbian football players during the Qatar World Cup match between Switzerland and Serbia.
After leaked wiretaps showed governing party MPs using racist slurs, Kujtim Pacaku stood up and asked for a public apology. For a day, he became a hero when, surprisingly, he got it.
