European elections: Greece targeted by Russia for misinformation and fake news in the run-up to the European elections

After fears of sabotage and sabotage attacks, experts issue warnings to voters - What the European Monitoring Centre for Misinformation has identified for Greece

Concern about a potential tsunami of Russian disinformation before and during the European elections voting across the European bloc is being expressed by experts attempting to tackle the problem.

Experts are on high alert for possible attempts to manipulate public opinion with fake news. In the past few days, after all, there were fears in the EU that Moscow was behind a series of actions on European soil.

This morning, the European Media Monitoring Centre, an EU hub for fact-checking, collected some of the false news stories circulating.

For Greece, claims that it is a nuclear target for the Kremlin were identified. At the same time, there are false claims circulating that Russia is preparing a direct attack on the EU and that China will declare war on NATO if member states attack Russia directly.

In Portugal, a fake video purports to show nuclear weapons, while in Spain, false claims of rising youth unemployment are circulating in X, which has been refuted by fact-checking teams.

Fact-checkers at broadcaster EFE have also denied as completely false allegations that Spain’s Popular Party (PP) list leader Dolors Montserrat called pensioners earning €18,000 a year “greedy”.

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