France 'overwhelmed with propaganda' before EU elections - minister
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France is overwhelmed by propaganda and disinformation campaigns ahead of the EU elections in June, creating fake media sites and social media accounts.
France is "full of propaganda and disinformation" ahead of the EU elections in June, French Minister for European Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot warned on Tuesday. This was reported by Politico, according to UNN.
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According to Barreau, French intelligence services are forced to deal with waves of disinformation ahead of the EU elections. Attackers are creating copies of media and official government websites, and fake accounts are increasing their activity on social media.
Over the past six weeks, there has not been a single week without a coordinated disinformation campaign against France,
Addendum
In February, the French external disinformation organization Viginum announced that it had discovered a planned disinformation campaign in France, Germany, and Poland related to the second anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the upcoming EU elections in June, which it called "Portal Kombat.
Last June, authorities uncovered another large-scale Russian disinformation campaign called Doppelganger, aimed at undermining Western support for Ukraine.
Recall
The German Foreign Ministry and the French government have exposed a coordinated Russian disinformation campaign that has spread over a million false messages through fake accounts on X (Twitter). The operation aims to undermine support for Ukraine by spreading the narrative that aid to Ukraine neglects local citizens.
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