From June 6 to 9, 2024, no less than 380 million voters are called to the polls in 27 countries to elect their MEPs. A very strategic vote, particularly exposed to disinformation and manipulation campaigns on social networks. Faced with the multiplicity of these informational attacks, the question of the resilience of European opinions arises. Alexandre Alaphilippe, executive director of the Belgian NGO Eu DisinfoLab, provides some answers.
To what extent are European opinions resilient in the face of attempts to manipulate information and interfere on social networks? Can we measure the impact of these information campaigns targeting citizens of the European Union? Sophie Malibeaux talks about it with his guest of the day, Alexandre Alaphilippe, executive director of the Belgian NGO Eu DisinfoLabin duplex from the RFI office in Brussels.
Was a pro-Palestinian student killed by French police during a demonstration in support of Palestine in Paris? This rumor gained momentum at the end of last week on social networks. Except that once verified, it is false. Several elements suggest that this misinformation was pushed by pro-Russian networks, we will be told. Nathan Gallo, journalist at the France 24 Observers editorial team.
Samir Hamdaoui, a pro-Palestinian student “killed by the police” following a demonstration in front of the Sciences Po premises on May 7?
❌No element supports this story, relayed in particular by pro-Russian accounts.
1/2 pic.twitter.com/cn1diO1ItI— Info or Intox 🔎 – France 24 (@InfoIntoxF24) May 31, 2024
While the 80th anniversary of the Allied Landings in Normandy were celebrated this Thursday, June 6, 2024 in France, in the presence of Joe Biden, American omnipotence is the target of a series of faked videos on social networks. These falsely claim to show the destruction of the giant aircraft carrier USS Eisenhower by a missile from the Yemeni Houthi rebels. Olivier Fourtfrom the Info Verif cell of RFI, disentangles the true from the false in his column.
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