{"id":16038,"date":"2024-07-12T06:58:06","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T06:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/12\/disinformation-networks-flooded-x-before-eu-elections-report-says-2\/"},"modified":"2024-07-12T06:58:06","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T06:58:06","slug":"disinformation-networks-flooded-x-before-eu-elections-report-says-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/12\/disinformation-networks-flooded-x-before-eu-elections-report-says-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Disinformation networks \u2018flooded\u2019 X before EU elections, report says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Analysis by Dutch researchers shows coordinated activity in France, Germany and Italy in run-up to ballot<\/p>\n<p>Coordinated networks of accounts spreading disinformation \u201cflooded\u201d social media in France, Germany and Italy before the elections to the European parliament, Dutch researchers have found.<\/p>\n<p>After an in-depth analysis of disinformation on the platform X in four EU countries, the researchers concluded that many of the accounts had been set up after Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine but were cranked up in the weeks and days before the vote, with growth in their numbers of followers rocketing.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/article\/2024\/jul\/12\/disinformation-networks-social-media-x-france-germany-italy-eu-elections\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Analysis by Dutch researchers shows coordinated activity in France, Germany and Italy in run-up to ballot Coordinated networks of accounts spreading disinformation \u201cflooded\u201d social media in France, Germany and Italy before the elections to the European parliament, Dutch researchers have found. After an in-depth analysis of disinformation on the platform X in four EU countries, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16038\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}