Nearly half of Latvian residents login to Facebook daily. Just as many watch YouTube videos. Every fifth uses Instagram and about 60,000 people regularly post on Twitter, according to the audience research by Kantar TNS. Political parties are no exception and are actively promoting themselves before upcoming Latvian parliamentary elections in October, 2018. Country’s anti-corruption bureau (KNAB) is tasked with monitoring the political spending on social networks.
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