July 1: Round Table “Telegram: An Instrument for Communicating with Society or a Tool for Election Manipulations?”

On 1 July, at 10:00am, a round table is set to take place titled “Telegram: An Instrument for Communicating with Society or a Tool for Election Manipulations?” (Ukrinform, Hall 2).

Organised by: Ministry of Information Policy of Ukraine.

Speakers: Dmytro Zolotukhin, Deputy Minister of Information Policy of Ukraine; Oleksii Kharchenko, senior communication specialist, Association4U; Aliona Dienha, expert in digital communications and online marketing; Andrii Brodetskyi, author of the Telegram channel “Technology, Media, and Society”.

Topics for discussion:

Telegram in Ukraine: The Peculiarities and Differences of Development.

Telegram as a Communication Tool for State Bodies and Politicians.

Meddling in Ukrainian Elections through Information Advantage, Including via Telegram.

Russian Political Telegram Channels as a Means of Information Agenda-Setting.