Wybrane przykłady dezinformacji podczas kampanii wyborczej do Rady Narodowej Republiki Słowackiej w 2023 roku

Abstract

SELECTED EXAMPLES OF DISINFORMATION DURING THE 2023 ELECTION CAMPAIGN FOR THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC

The article deals with the early elections to the National Council of the Slovak Republic, held on September 30, 2023. It analyses the campaign before the parliamentary elections in terms of disinformation activities. The study characterises the concept of disinformation, presents the electoral programmes of the various groups and the election results, and analyses instances of disinformation during the campaign. The elections showed the clash of two visions of the state and a clear dividing line was the attitude towards the Russian-Ukrainian war. The article is based on the assumption that disinformation played an important role in the campaign before the elections to the National Council of the Slovak Republic and, for the first time, artificial intelligence was used in the campaign. The object of the attacks was Progressive Slovakia and above all its leader, Michal Šimečka. This had an impact on the outcome of the election, but it is not possible to determine on what scale.