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639 Posts, 7.4 Million Views: Russia-Linked Network Targeted French Anger Over Ukraine Aid

A Russia-linked network posted hundreds of messages tying French cost-of-living concerns to Ukraine aid, reaching millions before October’s protests.

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 639 Posts, 7.4 Million Views: Russia-Linked Network Targeted French Anger Over Ukraine Aid

A Russia-linked Doppelganger network published 639 coordinated messages in French, German, English and Polish between September 2 and October 14, drawing about 7.4 million views, according to Alliance4Europe. The campaign used genuine anger over living costs to promote claims that aid to Ukraine was taking money from French households. Researchers said messages appeared in 22 waves, including a burst of 97 posts in three minutes. They assessed coordinated inauthentic behavior was almost certain, but stressed protests were French in origin

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