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Friedrich Merz, New Chancellor of Germany. (Photo from Hijij/Getty Images)
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During the weekend, the Germans took over and chose Friedrich Merz like their new chancellor.
Running elections without intentional effort to change the vote in favor of right right party, including Internet misinformation campaigns. There was a use of him to strengthen the messages as well. Although the party won significantly, there is No evidence these internet impact operations had an impactHowever. New findings show that despite the fear of using it to spread the disinformation, the general public may be more difficult to love much.
Disinform monitoring company Graphics said he had tracked efforts by Russian groups across Telegram, Bluesky AND Xwhich included video with The voice generated by him and the media impersonations of the media To extract items with fake or inflammatory claims. The purpose of the campaign “is likely to be created in an attempt to promote separation and worsen existing social tensions.”
Graphika said, however, that the attempt “gained minimum withdrawal Among the authentic online audience in Germany and tried to enter the broader conversation. “
There were many bot activities on X, meanwhile, a platform owned and led by Elon Muskwho had previously expressed support for AfD with a tweet saying, “Only AfD can save Germany.”
At least 1,000 false accounts in x were created over the past year in an attempt to influence elections, many used to strengthen support for the far -right party, according to CyabraAn Israeli anti-discussion Israeli Cyabra.
“The full extent of digital impact on the results is still unclear,” said Dan Brahmy, CEO of Cyabra. “What is clear, however, is the increase in internet conversations about AFD – Cyabra’s analysis shows a huge increase in engaging on social media, with False profiles playing a key role in amplification of discourse. This is not just a single or unique event for Germany’s elections. “He warned that state governments will only further use online platforms in an effort to influence world events.
As for a different analysis of Atlantic Council Forensic Research Laboratory AND AlgorithmwatchAFD has tried popular at x not due to important bot activity but by leader Alice Weidel and its interactions online with musk. Although the added commitment there came mainly from English -language accounts, not German profiles.
What the selection of the country indicates, however, is that The scale is not everything. If he and impact operations will have an impact, they will have to be convincing enough to make people believe that there is nothing wrong or false for the mass -produced content. Many will hope that the day will not come.
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Apple shortens the ICLUD encryption service in the UK
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After the UK in silence asked the apple to allow access to coded content stored in iCloudThe technology giant decided to stop offing the extra security layer to the country’s users.
Washington Post was the first to report on the UK Order, which came through security officials and “there No well -known precedent in great democracies”
Apple confirmed on Friday that it would be Attracting the advanced data protection featuresaying, “We are disappointed that ADP defenses will not be available to our UK customers given the continued increase in data violations and other client privacy threats. Improving the safety of storing cloud with the end of the end to the end is more urgent than ever before. “
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