{"id":"SRB-103","notes":"First coded incident for TC-50. Documents the financial architecture of Serbian media capture as a quantified system, not inferred pattern. Links analytically to SRB-053 (Telekom/Kurir ownership), SRB-097 (Informer hate speech unpenalized), SRB-102 (REM vacancy enabling impunity). Hungary TC-50 template (HUN-016) preceded this by 10+ years.","country":"Serbia","sources":[{"url":null,"citation":"Raskrikavanje / Vreme, reported via IJAS/SafeJournalists, 9 June 2026"}],"summary":"Raskrikavanje analysis of publicly available contracts documents that six pro-regime tabloids received over 1 million euros from state and local budgets in 2025 through public procurement and media project co-financing. Politika and Vecernje Novosti (owner Boban Rajic): ~480,000 euros. Informer (Insider Team): ~192,000 euros including ~90,000 from City of Belgrade. Serbian Telegraph: ~130,000 euros. Alo: 143,000+ euros. Kurir/Mondo (majority owned by Telekom Serbia): 113,000+ euros. Funding sources include ministries, RTS, Post of Serbia, Elektroprivreda Srbije, and municipal governments. Same six outlets published 1,800+ manipulative front-page stories in the same period. Correlation between public funding and manipulative content volume is now evidenced, not inferred. Kurir/Mondo majority ownership by state operator Telekom Serbia documents convergence of TC-38 and TC-50.","tactics":[{"code":"TC-50","role":"primary","label":"State Advertising Capture","needs_review":false},{"code":"TC-38","role":"secondary","label":"State-Directed Media Ownership Capture","needs_review":false}],"version":1,"channels":["Structural / Financial"],"entities":[{"id":1031,"name":"Serbian government; state enterprises (RTS, Post of Serbia, Elektroprivreda); City of Belgrade; municipal governments; Telekom Serbia","role":"actor","entity_type":"Government; State Enterprise"},{"id":1032,"name":"Independent media sector; public accountability framework","role":"target","entity_type":"Media Sector / Public Accountability"}],"date_text":"2025 (full year, documented June 2026)","created_at":"2026-09-24T17:50:55.358311+00:00","escalation":3,"harm_track":"Track 2 — Social Trust Erosion","narratives":[{"code":"LEGACY-N-9a7500512481","role":"primary","label":"Advertising as commercial activity (public procurement framing)","needs_review":true}],"report_ids":[],"signal_ids":[],"updated_at":"2026-09-24T17:50:55.358311+00:00","occurred_on":null,"campaign_ids":["SRB-CAMP-012"],"enabler_type":"","response_ids":[],"trigger_type":"","campaign_phase":"Phase 2: Media Execution","civic_response":"","date_precision":"unknown","enabler_status":"","campaigns_served":[],"consequence_category":"Structural / Regulatory Harm","institutional_consequence":"1M+ euros public funds to six pro-regime outlets in 2025; 1,800+ front-page manipulations in same period; independent media sector commercially disadvantaged"}