The misinformation wave expands in Germany before the elections

Saturday, February 8, 2025, 01:00

According to a report noted via Politico, Ukrinform wrote.

According to Doppelgänger, an operation through Ergygänger, a German assistance operation, is a misinformation operation on the social media platform, and adds that in the middle of the effort to influence German voters, according to the German foreign office. The Crusade USA FAUX News News Sites, Sleeping Accounts and the content generated by AI to disseminate false and erode narratives accept as true in Western institutions.

Intelligence agencies across the EU and U.S. have previously tracked Doppelgänger’s “highly coordinated tactics”, which have sought to undermine support for Ukraine in its war against Russia and amplify Kremlin-friendly messaging.

According to officials, German officials have learned about more than a hundred pseudo-news stories quietly accumulated for months.

“These platforms are structured in the same way, full of generic articles and generated through AI,” said a manager. “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 for the purposes of the Bundestag elections. “

These sleeping imitate valid media and remain inactive until a politically delicate moment, as an choice, when they begin to publish false stories that are temporarily spread through coordinated social networks.

In recent years, the European government blamed Moscow for interference in a series of elections. The presidential elections were canceled after security facilities warned that Russia was “aggressively” for hybrid attacks.

The factor is delicate in the German elections, where the respectful alternative of the extreme right party of Elon Musk, followed through Elon Musk, is in the position at the moment in the opinion surveys.

The Internet sites related to Doppelgänger have already closed outings such as Der Spiegel, turning domain names into unsuspecting idiots readers.

The clearest signal is on Musk X platform, previously Twitter.

The report, reviewed via Politico, shows strong construction in phantom accounts, with 3,000 jobs up on a single day at the end of January. For a giant component of November and December, activity remained low, rarely exceeding 50 positions consistent with the day. But in early January, coordinated disinformation stations began to seem very consistent with frequency.

This “overload” technique — flooding social media with rapid waves of posts to manufacture the illusion of viral traction — is characteristic of Russian disinformation campaigns.

The content of the publications also follows a transparent model. Many point to Germany in Ukraine, saying that Berlin favors kyiv in his own citizens. An example, documented in the report, describes a manufactured corruption scandal that involves the Minister of Economy Robert Habeck and a “Ukrainian Minister of Culture. “

Meanwhile, Berlin intensifies their countertops, sharing data with foreign partners and sanctions plans and the public allocation of campaign networks.

“We are running with a ‘cultural shift’ within the Foreign Office,” the official told Politico, referring to a developing awareness of cyber beginnings. Ambassadors are increasingly adjusting in their host countries. This ensures that when incorrect information spreads, they have the credibility and networks to clarify the record. “

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