02-20-2026, 11:13 PM
Serbia: Rising bot attacks on independent media Instagram accounts
Quote:ARTICLE 19 Europe joins the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partners in raising alarm over a recent wave of bot-driven cyberattacks targeting the social media accounts of Serbian media outlets. Our organisations warn that the dozen recorded incidents are not isolated cases but part of a broader pattern of coordinated attacks on the free flow of news and independent information in Serbia, which remains in a media freedom crisis.