The Digital Front of Albania’s ‘Flamingo Revolution’
Megi ReciTiranaBIRNJuly 27, 202607:54Since end-May, anti-government protests in Albania have evolved into the largest civil mobilisation since the fall of the dictatorial regime in the early 1990s. With traditional media largely silent, the digital space has become both a refuge for protest and a testing ground for digital authoritarianism. On May 30, protests broke out in Albania in response to a luxury development project in the Vjosa-Narta protected area, linked to investments backed by Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and a network of powerful local business interests and individuals with a history of legal troubles.
- ▪Megi ReciTiranaBIRNJuly 27, 202607:54Since end-May, anti-government protests in Albania have evolved into the largest civil mobilisation since the fall of the dictatorial regime in the early 1990s.
- ▪With traditional media largely silent, the digital space has become both a refuge for protest and a testing ground for digital authoritarianism.
- ▪On May 30, protests broke out in Albania in response to a luxury development project in the Vjosa-Narta protected area, linked to investments backed by Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and a network of powerful local business inter
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Megi ReciTiranaBIRNJuly 27, 202607:54Since end-May, anti-government protests in Albania have evolved into the largest civil mobilisation since the fall of the dictatorial regime in the early 1990s. With traditional media largely silent, the digital space has become both a refuge for protest and a testing ground for digital authoritarianism. On May 30, protests broke out in Albania in response to a luxury development project in the Vjosa-Narta protected area, linked to investments backed by Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and a network of powerful local business interests and individuals with a history of legal troubles.
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