Marek Prchal News Today

Digital anthropologist Marie Heřmanová discusses Czech politics and social media, how online abuse impacts real lives, influencers spreading Covid lies and much more.

  Brand-new Czech Chief Public Health Officer has a history of anti-Romani racism in her previous public communications about COVID-19 5.3.2021 8:50 A printscreen of the Facebook post from October 2020 by Pavla Svrčinová, who was appointed Chief Public Health Officer of the Czech Republic in March 2021. It reads: "Fero Lakatoš robbed his own apartment today. He is following the quarantine rules and working from home. Be like Fero." The Czech News Agency has reported that the new Chief ...

Clubhouse, a new social media application, gained its first Czech users this month and has expanded quickly. The app, which was released in the spring of last year, has caused excitement in the past weeks among Czech netizens, becoming one of the most frequently downloaded iOS apps in the country. The number of Czechs on Clubhouse has grown from none to several thousand in January, according to estimates by users. Known names such as marketer Marek Prchal and politician Dominik Feri are among t...