Disinformation Resilience Index in Central and Eastern Europe in 2024
Pavel Havlíček
/ Ed. 21. 2. 2025
The 2024 Disinformation Resilience Index (DRI) follows up on its previous edition and revisits 10 Visegrad and Eastern Partnership countries (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine) to assess how recent geopolitical upheavals have reshaped their resilience towards disinformation. Each country's analysis follows a structured approach, ending with targeted recommendations, while updating on key research and developments in tackling disinformation.
This year’s report focuses on how the Russian invasion has influenced each country’s vulnerability to false information. It looks into how public opinion has shifted, how disinformation narratives have evolved, and how these changes have impacted media consumption and ownership. The study also reviews significant updates in each country’s legal and regulatory framework aimed at combating disinformation, identifying what is working and what is not.
The insights in the report are drawn from desk research as well as in-depth interviews with media experts, NGO leaders, and officials from each country. Thanks to this combination, the updated DRI provides a comprehensive view of each country’s resilience against disinformation, offering actionable guidance to bolster defenses against false narratives.
The report was co-financed by the Governments of Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia through Visegrad Grants from International Visegrad Fund. The mission of the fund is to advance ideas for sustain able regional cooperation in Central Europe.
