Germany uncovered a large pro-Russian disinfo campaign involving 50,000+ fake social media accounts pushing resentment towards Berlin's Ukraine support and potentially influencing elections.
Germany has discovered a substantial pro-Russian disinformation campaign utilising thousands of fictitious social media accounts to incite resentment towards Berlin's support for Ukraine. This disclosure comes amidst growing concerns about the influence of complicated disinformation operations on election outcomes. Experts hired by the German foreign ministry monitored messages on the platform X (formerly known as Twitter) between December 20 and January 20, 2021, discovering over 50,000 fake user profiles that generated over a million tweets in German.
January 26, 2024
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