Vídeo: França e Alemanha apanhadas por grandes redes de desinformação antes das eleições europeias

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huge disinformation networks ens snared France and Germany ahead of the EU elections there was a large coordinated attempt on social media to pedal pro-russian antivaccine and anti-lgbt narratives as the June European vote approached a new report says with absolute certainty the Network’s also focused on promoting French and German far-right political discourse let’s take a look [Music] the Dutch socialist and Democratic National delegation commissioned analysts at the Dutch consultancy troll renix to investigate potential disinformation networks influencing public opinion before the European elections the consultancy carried out investigations in Germany France Italy and the Netherlands in addition to a more General probe into English language words and hashtags linked to the election troll renic studied 2.3 million posts from nearly 500,000 accounts in those countries it identif if IED 50,000 as accounts that spread false narratives the study found that the disinformation network in Germany was particularly vast it promoted the far right alternative for Germany party anti-lgbt discourse and antivaccine disinformation this is a substantial Network exerting a major influence on the political debate onx in Germany specifically in the German language the report said the network in France meanwhile had significantly more accounts than the German Network at least 20 % of posts related to far-right politician Eric samour came from accounts within the network according to troll renix the misinformation campaign’s impact on political debates onx was so substantial that it could make topics Trend just by flooding social media with posts comments and likes the report found the Italian network was less substantial but still promoted right-wing politicians while attacking those on the left it contained a lot of older accounts created between 2011 and 2022 troll renik said meaning that had likely been influencing Italy and spreading pro-russian narratives for a long time in fact the report said that the networks in France Germany and Italy weren’t specifically created to influence the EU elections many of the accounts were created just after the start of Russia’s fullscale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and some were even older than that the report said that the networks in France and Germany are expanding at an incredible rape with more accounts being created to amplify those already within the network as usual it’s crucial to keep your eye on where the social media content you’re sharing is coming from and be aware of these disinformation networks for more on social media misuse and the latest fact checks head over to euronews.com