D4D: The campaign that was organised against Dafina Demak, the perfect case of slander and lynching against a woman of public profession

D4D, NDI and Picasso have published the report “Non-Social Medias 2023 The investigation and exposure of gender dezination in Kosovo. In the chapter of the report, entitled “Myzogini”, several cases of attacks on Kosovo journalists have been summed up among them, including the campaign that was organised on social networks against Periscop's editor-in-chief, Dafina Demaku, labeling [...]
In the chapter of the report, titled “Myzogynia”, several cases of attacks on Kosovo journalists have been summed up among them, including the campaign that was organised on social networks against Periscop's editor-in-chief, Dafina Demaku, labeling it the Serbian BIA's disease in Kosovo.
“The selected certificate below through methodology used in this report is intended to show and increase awareness of the forms of mysogenism used in online space. Although not all comments can be defined as mizogens by nature, they are still classified as prejudices against women in politics, deeply rooted in gender stereotypes and the desire to submit women”, the D4D report says. I follow Periscope.
“On the other hand, journalist Dafina Demak was labeled “ament of the Serbian BIA” by launching a slander campaign to publicly lynch him as the suspected Serbian agent. While the public humiliation of a journalist woman raises the assumption that it is the inability of women/gyn to ask appropriate questions. This article received a total of 3,878 social media interactions, with 26.7% of comments containing hate languages. Similarly, the campaign on the social network TikTok against journalist Dafina Demaku, labelling him as Serbian BIA agents and describing him in several videos as “pro-Serbian journalist” and Serbia's “agent BIA <xx6>, serves as a classic example of gender dezination, since not only distributes false information but also covers individuals based on their gender. A perfect case of a woman's slander and lynching campaign in a public profession like journalism. The Kosovo Journalists' Association criticised the campaign against the journalist and urged security officials to examine who stands behind the profile in the social network TikTok, named Kurti Government 2”, the report said.
In this report, campaign has also been launched against Zana Avdiu, journalist Besarta Hoti, etc.
The online engagement of women represented in this report is done through most interactive articles. In the first case, public criticism of Granit Jaka (Kosovo footballer in Switzerland) for his gesture created an online hatred storm against journalist Zana Avdiu. The 306 articles on this case have received 16,443 consents, 14,113 comments and 1514 distributions, while according to Avdiu's lawyer, she received 11,000 threats after her statement.
The online engagement of women represented in this report is done through most interactive articles. In the first case, public criticism of Granit Jaka (Kosovo footballer in Switzerland) for his gesture created an online hatred storm against journalist Zana Avdiu. The 306 articles on this case have received 16,443 consents, 14,113 comments and 1514 distributions, while according to Avdiu's lawyer, she received 11,000 threats after her statement. Non-Social media -- 17 Besarta Hoti magazine -- is called “bulls” at a media conference when he asked an unpopular question about family employment. On the other hand, journalist Dafina Demak was labeled Serbia's BIA “agent”, initiating a slander campaign to publicly lynch him as the suspected Serbian agent. While the public humiliation of a journalist woman raises the assumption that it is the inability of women/gyn to ask appropriate questions. This article received a total of 3,878 social media interactions, with 26.7% of comments containing hate languages. Similarly, the campaign on the social network TikTok against journalist Dafina Demaku, labelling him as Serbian BIA agents and describing him in several videos like “pro-Serbian journalist” and Serbian BIA “agent”, serves as a classic example of gender dezination, since not only distributes false information but also covers individuals based on their gender. A perfect case of a woman's slander and lynching campaign in a public profession like journalism. The Kosovo Journalists' Association criticised the campaign against the journalist and urged security officials to examine who stands behind the profile in the social network TikTok, named Kurti Government 2”, the report said.












