Summary

A German government report reveals a surge in Russian disinformation on X ahead of Germany’s Feb. 23 election, driven by the Kremlin-backed Doppelgänger operation.

This network uses fake news sites, sleeper accounts, and AI-generated content to spread false narratives, mainly targeting Germany’s support for Ukraine.

Coordinated bot activity spiked dramatically in January, with thousands of posts daily. Berlin is intensifying countermeasures, collaborating with allies, and considering sanctions.

The campaign mirrors past Russian election interference across Europe, highlighting ongoing cybersecurity threats.

  • @[email protected]
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    311 hours ago

    Döpfner being afraid Russian trolls replace his media empire as the force pushing the far right.

  • @[email protected]
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    2420 hours ago

    How about…now this might make Elmo upset…shutting down Twitter? Just shut it off and keep it off.

    • @[email protected]
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      812 hours ago

      This article is itself just a diversion. The owner is a local oligarch who for example invited musk to his birthday party. This is anything to not talk about the massive multi year Russian sabotage campaign in the real world Der Spiegel recently uncovered.( archive ) This campaign often masqueraded as a green party/progressively motivated sabotage to further damage the image of the only party who is all-in on heat pumps, wind turbines and solar, a cause doepfner and his oligarch allies despise. So they talk about inconsequential shit like this in their rags.

      • @cmhe
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        211 hours ago

        Now they will likely spin any critique and demonstrations against the AfD&CDU as “influenced by russia”.

        And long term CDU voters will eat it up, since “russia is on the extreme left” or whatever.

        We live in an inverted world it seems. It looks like making stuff up is more difficult then just inverting facts.

  • @[email protected]
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    4123 hours ago

    Berlin is […] considering sanctions.

    Oh wow, I’ll call my boss to tell him I’m considering coming to work today.

    • @NOT_RICK
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      1220 hours ago

      If they really wanted to do something, they should supply Taurus missiles to Ukraine

  • Optional
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    301 day ago

    I mean, it’s working so far.

  • @TokenBoomer
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    2024 hours ago

    How do they know it’s not Elon’s bots?