Days before the federal elections in Germany, a report suggests that Russian robots have led to an impressive wave of misinformation on social media platforms, in X specific X, previously known as Twitter. According to a report through the German Foreign Affairs Office, received through Political, halfway to the efforts to influence the electorate is Doppelgänger, an operation supported through the Kremlin.
According to the report, the Russian crusade uses fake news sites, sleeping accounts and content generated through AI to disseminate false stories and erode confidence in Western institutions. In the past, intelligence agencies throughout the EU and the United States have already followed the highly coordinated tactics of Doppelgänger. Usually, the Crusade sought to undermine Ukraine in the existing war in Russia. But now the emphasis has been positioned in the German elections that deserve to position themselves on February 23.
The report stated that German officials have become aware of more than a hundred Pseudo-News Internet sites that discreetly collect misleading and misleading content for months. “These platforms are structured in the same way, full of generic articles and generated through AI,” said one official, who was concerned about the Politico report, being held under the canopy of anonymity.
“At a selected moment, a manufactured story is inserted and then extends temporarily through social networks and influencers. We will have to assume that these sites have been ready to be activated when the Bundestag elections approached, “added the manager.
The German officials said that these sleeper websites usually mimic legitimate news outlets and remain inactive until a politically sensitive moment. When these moments take the social media by storm they begin publishing false stories that eventually spread through their coordinated social media networks.
In recent years, the European government has blamed Moscow for the interference of elections in several elections. In the past, the Czech and Belgian government erupts a primary influence network that, according to them, distributed Pro-Kremlin propaganda during the surveys of the European Parliament last year. Russia was also accused of having influenced the Romanian presidential elections in December last year, which was canceled after Romanian security facilities warned that Russia had established “aggressive” hybrid attacks.
The German elections are not loose either, because other people are involved with the excessive right of the right followed through Elon Musk, followed through Elon Musk (AFD). The distant part, known for its radical ideologies, is the moment in opinion surveys.
Previously, Internet sites related to Doppelgänger cloning exits such as Der Spiegel, changing domain names to idiots who do not follow. January.
The government said that coordinated misinformation stations had to seem in social media sites at a much greater frequency. The report indicates: “This overload strategy (floods social networks with immediate publications to make ghost of viral traction) is a characteristic of Russian misinformation campaigns. “
The government also said that the content of the position was following a transparent scheme. These posts targeted Germany’s aid to Ukraine, saying that Berlin favors Kiev over its own citizens. Such an example documented in the report was a position that described a fabricated corruption scandal involving economy minister Robert Habeck and a “Ukrainian culture minister. “
According to the report, the false history was planted on a sleeping online page in January and then expanded in a few hours through many X accounts. same intervals.
In light of this report, German officials said that they are stepping up their counter-disinformation efforts, sharing intelligence with international partners, and considering sanctions and public attribution of the networks behind the campaign.
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