As Czechia heads to parliamentary elections on 3–4 October, the campaign has been overshadowed by a surge of online disinformation and doubts about the country’s capacity to enforce EU digital rules. The populist ANO party, led by former Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, is at the forefront of this anti-EU propaganda social media blitz. The bloc’s online governance rulebook is supposed to ensure that online platforms take effective steps to uphold their own terms and conditions, which can be significant – especially during elections – for protecting democratic processes. The Telecommunication Office insists it is in “continuous communication” with social media platforms, a spokesperson told Euractiv. “It should be emphasi[s]ed that the agenda of systemic risks of very large online platforms is the exclusive competence of the European Commission,” the spokesperson added.