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In run-up to mass protests and riots, pro-Russian accounts amplified French anger, NGO finds

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ECO
“UE investiga suspeitas de desinformação russa em torno dos protestos em França”

A União Europeia (UE) está a analisar possíveis campanhas de desinformação e interferência estrangeira nas redes sociais relacionadas com os recentes motins em França e episódios de violência e pilhagem noutros países europeus. Contas pró-russas estarão a divulgar vídeos violentos e falsas narrativas para agravar a instabilidade, avançou o Financial Times, citando responsáveis de segurança […]

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Público
“Protestos em França: há suspeitas de desinformação russa e outras interferências estrangeiras online”

Os investigadores não acreditam que as publicações tenham desencadeado os movimentos. Servem apenas para aumentar a instabilidade na Europa. Há operações associadas também ao Irão e Argélia.

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France 24 English
“In run-up to mass protests and riots, pro-Russian accounts amplified French anger, NGO finds”

Research carried out by the Alliance4Europe NGO suggests that pro-Russian networks manipulated information online in an effort to exacerbate anger in France ahead of last weekend's massive protests and subsequent unrest. After analysing more than half a million posts across various social media platforms, the group says it was able to track the campaign back to the start of September. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks with Omri Preiss, Managing Director at the Alliance4Europe.

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