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France Suspects Foreign Interference in Key Mayoral Races
Foreign actors used fake websites and social media to smear two France Unbowed candidates in municipal elections, with probes launched by Marseille prosecutors and VIGINUM.
- France's VIGINUM agency detected foreign disinformation campaigns targeting candidates in the Marseille and Toulouse municipal elections using fake websites and social media accounts with foreign markers.
- Marseille public prosecutors launched a defamation investigation after a complaint was filed by a candidate named Delogu.
- One candidate accused the far-right Israeli government and the United States of targeting them due to their criticism of Israeli actions in Gaza and corruption in France.
- Two lawmakers from La France Insoumise criticized Israeli military actions and claim they are targeted by foreign governments including Israel and the United States.
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Radio France Internationale
France suspects foreign interference in key mayoral races
A few days before the election, a new foreign interference in the municipalities was revealed: the LFI candidates in Marseille and Toulouse were the target of a digital campaign of denigration,
Sébastien Delogu and François Piquemal are candidates respectively in Marseille and Toulouse. Against the first, the campaign took the form of a fake site called "Blog de Sophie", which accuses him of ...
Content broadcast on social media sites and accounts relays false information aimed at discrediting elected officials of France who are insoubted, as they approach the municipalities. The Marseille Public Prosecutor's Office has...
▶️ Sébastien Delogu and François Piquemal, LFI candidates in Marseille and Toulouse, are the target of digital interference from abroad. Attacks identified by VIGINUM, the service in charge of detecting these practices, a few days before the first round. The two men have already announced their intention to take the case to court. - Municipals: Delogu and Piquemal, LFI candidates in Marseille and Toulouse, targeted by foreign digital interferenc…
As the first round of municipal elections approaches, LFI candidates François Piquemal in Toulouse and Sébastien Delogu in Marseille are targeted by an online disinformation campaign revealed by Le Monde. False...
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