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Pro-Kremlin media 'spread false claims that EU has Nazi roots'
Source: The Guardian
Pro-Kremlin media 'spread false claims that EU has Nazi roots'
Security commissioner reveals disinformation acts aimed at influencing EU elections
Daniel Boffey in Brussels
Fri 14 Jun 2019 15.49 BST Last modified on Fri 14 Jun 2019 17.30 BST
Pro-Kremlin social media accounts spread false claims that the EU has Nazi roots, the European commissioner for security has said in the first analysis of disinformation acts aimed at influencing last month’s EU elections.
Malicious actors sought to promote extreme views and polarise local debates, said Julian King, the British commissioner in Brussels.
Although there were no “spectaculars” such as the major email hacks that tarnished the 2016 US presidential election, social media accounts promoting a pro-Russian narrative were active in amplifying divisive content on the internet, King said.
Countries targeted by bots and fake accounts in the run-up to the elections at the end of May included the UK, Poland, Latvia, Spain and France.
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Security commissioner reveals disinformation acts aimed at influencing EU elections
Daniel Boffey in Brussels
Fri 14 Jun 2019 15.49 BST Last modified on Fri 14 Jun 2019 17.30 BST
Pro-Kremlin social media accounts spread false claims that the EU has Nazi roots, the European commissioner for security has said in the first analysis of disinformation acts aimed at influencing last month’s EU elections.
Malicious actors sought to promote extreme views and polarise local debates, said Julian King, the British commissioner in Brussels.
Although there were no “spectaculars” such as the major email hacks that tarnished the 2016 US presidential election, social media accounts promoting a pro-Russian narrative were active in amplifying divisive content on the internet, King said.
Countries targeted by bots and fake accounts in the run-up to the elections at the end of May included the UK, Poland, Latvia, Spain and France.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/14/pro-kremlin-media-spread-false-eu-nazi-roots-european-elections
