Germany warned of a Russian propaganda campaign Trollgruppe, targeting voters with false social media videos to boost the AfD party and undermine democracy. www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web... - ThreadSky

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lukaszolejnik.bsky.social • 1 day ago

Germany warned of a Russian propaganda campaign Trollgruppe, targeting voters with false social media videos to boost the AfD party and undermine democracy. https://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/bundestagswahl-russische-troll-gruppe-verbreitet-offenbar-fake-videos-zur-briefwahl-a-325b8c89-8dae-4adc-ada9-f8d9ab6dd9f2

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lukaszolejnik.bsky.social•1 day ago

Fabricated content circulating on social media falsely claims Leipzig ballots lack the AfD candidate’s name, another video displays a machine shredding votes cast for the AfD.
https://www.hamburg.de/politik-und-verwaltung/behoerden/behoerde-fuer-inneres-und-sport/presseservice/pressemeldungen/bundestagswahl-2025-fake-video-1024112
https://www.leipzig.de/presse/medieninformationen/medieninformation/videos-mit-gefaelschtem-stimmzettel-im-umlauf

thegymlabrat.bsky.social•1 day ago

Please explain in what way any of that undermines democracy? In the worst case, those are lies that can make people strive for better democracy.

natanael.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Because they make people distrust elections in a way that make them distrust the very same people who are defending election security, that's like saying causing car crashes help car safety

thegymlabrat.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Besides, your analogy with causing car crashes is wrong, it's only a rumor about crashes. So it will only make people more careful about safety without any actual harm.

thegymlabrat.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Of course car crashes would lead to increased safety!

People don't lose trust in the purpose of elections, only in the way they are conducted, so they want guarantees that there will be no cheating. That can only strengthen democracy.

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