Watch this space (and pay for it): the misuse of public resources in an election campaign
Channel: mySociety
Date: 24/11/2021

Right to Know Day 2021: TICTeC Show and Tell, featuring Dražen Hoffmann from GONG, Croatia

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 will focus on how watchdog organisations and citizens can use FOI platforms to fight malfeasance in campaign finance.