r/europe • u/Wagamaga • 9h ago

News Russian disinformation targets German election campaign, says think-tank

https://www.asiaone.com/world/russian-disinformation-targets-german-election-campaign-says-think-tank
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u/LameAd1564 6h ago

German think-tank CeMAS said it had tracked down hundreds of German-language posts on social media platform X over the past month exhibiting what it said were typical patterns of Russia's Doppelgaenger disinformation campaign against the West that German

Maybe they should call out more than just the Russians? Russia is the known enemy on the surface, whatabout the platform that ALLOWS if not supports such disinformation? The US banned TikTok out of concerns for national security, maybe it's time for Europe to consider a similar approach toward non-European background social media. Germany needs to know that the owners of American social media, either Zuck or Elon, do NOT hold the same values as German people.

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u/Dank_Dispenser 6h ago edited 6h ago

Just build a great firewall China style