Here’s how Moscow’s fake news machine tried to interfere with French elections

In this edition of Truth or Fake, Vedika Bahl outlines how the Russian fake news machine attempted to interfere with the recent French legislative elections, as well as how it tried to impersonate French media, which is illustrated in our previous edition. Dubbed "Operation Matryoshka", Russian fake news post content mimicking media websites and ask news outlets for verification, diverting journalists' attention and saturating inboxes.

Jul 10, 2024 - 16:00
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Here’s how Moscow’s fake news machine tried to interfere with French elections
In this edition of Truth or Fake, Vedika Bahl outlines how the Russian fake news machine attempted to interfere with the recent French legislative elections, as well as how it tried to impersonate French media, which is illustrated in our previous edition. Dubbed "Operation Matryoshka", Russian fake news post content mimicking media websites and ask news outlets for verification, diverting journalists' attention and saturating inboxes.

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