Dozens of inauthentic X accounts are posting coordinated, AI-generated content critical of CDU leader Friedrich Merz ahead of the German election, but failing to get any traction.
Notably, they all misspell his name "Mertz", and seem to be very keen for Germany to restore energy ties with Russia.
Notably, they all misspell his name "Mertz", and seem to be very keen for Germany to restore energy ties with Russia.
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Better for Ukraine, Europe, Germany and the rest of the world. Russia would absolutely prefer this corrupt peace of sh*t!! @taz.de @gruene.berlin @ec.europa.eu
Even bots.
Repairing folks from that platform ... ooof
• we identified at least 700 accounts
• they started a full week before today, and are still currently active
• their tweet texts have clearly-pro Kremlin narratives
• there are over a dozen of AI glitches in image and tweet text generation
https://bsky.app/profile/antibot4navalny.bsky.social/post/3liflkb43tc26