How Russia Is Impersonating French News Outlets in a Bid to Influence France’s Next Presidential Election
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Three French presidential candidates are overrun with false news, and a new law is to slow down the trolls, and there is also a demand to shut down Musk's platform X before the 2027 election.
In the coming year, France will elect a new president. Already now, the election campaign is probably influenced by Russia - in favour of the right-wing populist Marine Le Pen. Artificial intelligence is a strong means of doing so.
The French presidential campaign is an ideal ground for Russian misinformation actions.
El Periódico
Eight months after the presidential elections in France, the political class is again concerned these days about foreign interference in the elections, after the denunciation of three candidates for alleged disinformation operations, and the government is preparing for a possible digital war driven from Russia. As has already happened in the municipal past, when a report by Reporters Without Borders uncovered a dozen false news websites, many of…
France's Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot has announced tough countermeasures as Russia interferes in the country's presidential campaign. With eight months to go before the election, the government in Paris "will not tolerate foreign attempts to interfere in democratic debates, let alone electoral processes," he said on the X network on Friday.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot warned on Friday, eight months before the presidential elections, that Paris "will not tolerate any attempt of foreign interference in the context of a new Russian campaign that targets more potential...
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