{"id":410,"date":"2024-01-11T13:54:49","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T10:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/factcheck.lt\/?p=410"},"modified":"2025-10-21T12:50:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T09:50:37","slug":"","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/factcheck.lt\/eng\/news\/belarusian_youtube_channels_coverage_of_election_campaigns_december2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Coverage of election campaigns on Belarusian YouTube channels in December 2023","raw":"Coverage of election campaigns on Belarusian YouTube channels in December 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

The February elections*<\/strong>, announced by the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Belarus, and the anticipated elections to the Coordination Council, are drawing closer. YouTube plays one of the key roles in covering political events in Belarus, and this will be the third publication following the overview<\/a> and November publication<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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In the study of media consumption by the Belarusian internet audience in the country and abroad, conducted in September-October 2023 by the initiative of the Digital Skills Coalition<\/a> and the Belarusian National Platform<\/a>, respondents in Belarus and abroad named YouTube as the main source of news and other information (multiple responses were possible):
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Using social media monitoring platforms, 25 videos were collected, whose titles contained the theme of elections.
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Together, these posts gathered about 900 thousand views. This sharp increase is associated with the presence of the NEXTA Live channel. It’s worth noting that this channel has 37% of subscribers from Ukraine, about 25% from Russia, and just over 11% from Belarus.<\/p>\n

The distribution of stories by electoral campaigns was as follows:<\/p>\n