Euronews Targeted by Anti-Moldova Disinformation Campaign

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The Russian disinformation operation Matryoshka is using artificial intelligence and false videos with brands from Reuters, France 24 and Euronews to discredit European democracies. The campaign has already reached Moldova, Spain and the Iberian Peninsula.

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In the last few weeks, procuring actors have repeatedly used the image and visual identity of Euronews to spread propaganda against various European countries. On the Internet there are still many false video clips that present crimes and health problems in the Republic of Moldova and which are attributed to Euronews, some of which are even posted [...]

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"Mel Friedus", "Hargo Lind" and "Linda Basan" are some of the bots that have just published their first content on the TikTok platform. According to the Antibot4Navalny collective, an expert in investigating this type of Russian disinformation and propaganda operation, this means the jump of Operation Matrioska to this network, after having been installed on X and BlueSky. In total, they have discovered eight profiles posing as Euronews and Reut…