Alina Radu

Affiliated media: Zdg.md, Director

Incident date: November 3, 2024

Attack type:

• Defamation, spreading libel about a media worker or media outlet

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Alina Radu's Facebook post

Location: Moldova, Chișinău

Additional information:

Alina Radu, the director of Ziarul de Gardă, faced a series of attacks from Moldovan businessman Veaceslav Platon, who spread false allegations that she was receiving monthly payments from a political party. The defamatory posts quickly went viral, sparking a flood of hostile and abusive comments aimed at both Radu and her family.