Misinformation: Why Claiming 'Mission Accomplished" After German Election is a Mistake
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RT Deutschland — a Kremlin-back media organization [...] — pumped out article after article about how the February 23 election was unjust; that the failure to include AfD in the coalition government was anti-democratic; and that Germany’s ongoing support for Ukraine represented unjustified war-mongering.
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In the ongoing whack-a-mole fight between national officials seeking to defend countries’ democratic institutions and foreign adversaries eager to undermine those norms via covert influence campaigns and outright online propaganda, it’s now a 24/7, 365-day battle — one that doesn’t just come to an end when the votes have all been counted.
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RT Deutschland — a Kremlin-back media organization [...] — pumped out article after article about how the February 23 election was unjust; that the failure to include AfD in the coalition government was anti-democratic; and that Germany’s ongoing support for Ukraine represented unjustified war-mongering.
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In the ongoing whack-a-mole fight between national officials seeking to defend countries’ democratic institutions and foreign adversaries eager to undermine those norms via covert influence campaigns and outright online propaganda, it’s now a 24/7, 365-day battle — one that doesn’t just come to an end when the votes have all been counted.
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Well I'm definitely not sitting here thinking "mission accomplished" after right wing and extreme right wing parties got at total of ~57% of the vote
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