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Online deformation aimed at the depreciation of the Government of Moldodan -Privorope government is growing due to the parliamentary elections of September 28.
Moldova President Maya Sandu and the party of actions and solidarity (PAS) hope that he will be held in power and support Moldova, which borders on Romania in the west and Ukraine in the east, in his march to join the European Union (EU).
However, the votes in the country are traditionally target intensive campaigns for misinformation and destabilization, including voting programs and corrupt practicesField
This means that Moldova was in the cross -help of the information war, which contradicts the integration of the EU and the closer leveling with Russia. Promadropeys are afraid that Methods The Kremlin’s hybrid war can change the vote.
This threat may be embodied better than the fugitive fugitive oligarch Ilan SOR, known as the head of the Kremlin’s secret business in Moldova. In August, the Supreme Court of Moldova ratified the ban on its political bloc, participation in the September vote.
At the end of August, the visit of the leaders of France, Germany and Poland was aimed at showing his support in an attempt by the country to join the EU and warn about Russian destabilization of the country.
“The Kremlin propaganda tells us that Europeans want to extend the war (in Ukraine) and that the European Union oppresses the peoples. This is a lie“President Macron said in his speech in the capital of Kisinau.
“Unlike Russia, the European Union does not threaten anyone and respects everyone’s sovereignty” “He added.
However, less than four weeks before parliamentary ballots, there is evidence that misinformation on the Internet is accelerating.
AI Deepfakes and cloned sites
Eurobife defined several common Tiktok videos, which Moldova sends to NATO and EU allies, and that only the defeat of the ruling PAS party can “liberate” the country.
Some videos use the AI Deepfakes President Maya Sandu and made images of demonstrators holding signs such as “We are tired of lies and lawlessness!” And “not in the EU!”.
Insider journalists, an independent agency dedicated to Russia, say that a well -known Russian disinformation operation, known as the matrios, stands behind the new deep pace Maya Sandu and that they were created by using the American company Luma AI.
Sandu was aimed at many such slander campaigns, which also use cloned sites that play well -known media to place fake news.
More recently, at the end of July and early August, the cloned version of Okmagazine.us was used to falsely say that President Sandu bought sperm from gay cores to capture the child.
False news designed to become viral were aimed at undermining Sandu, turning to prejudices against sex and sexuality.
False claims to NATO and the war in Ukraine
Our team also discovered misinformation, which makes up the September vote as an option between military neutrality and war With Russia.
These narratives argue that the victory for the pro -European forces will drag Moldova into a long conflict and will bring the same fate as Ukraine.
Theories are moved by the Telegram teams, before strengthening the platforms, such as Tiktok.
The video Tiktok, analyzed by our team, claims that if Sandu’s Pas Party “remains in power”, the country will be “in the same situation as Ukraine”.
“Sandu and Pa do not lead the country to the world, but to a foreign conflict, turning the elections into a referendum, neutral or involvement of a war in the war“, Supports the video.
Another widespread lie claims that Sandu It is preparing to develop up to 800 foreign troops from the NATO alliance a few days before the vote.
According to unreasonable statements, NATO troops will support the PAS party in suppressing any protests during the elections.
“If the opposition will win the majority, Sant, reportedly, does not recognize the results by accusing Russia of mixing“He approves the video.”Mass discontent of citizens will be turned into protests, which will be suppressed by special police troops, led by foreign coaches“
Nevertheless, these accusations were categorically refused by the Ministry of Defense of Moldovan, which was reported by Moldovans facts and the media criticism that the news is false.
“The purpose of these actions is to violate fear, undermine confidence in state institutions and destabilize the company during the preliminary period.The ministry said.
Claims of fraud in the election
Another dominant narrative on the Internet is that the September vote will be deliberately distorted in favor of the President of President Sandu.
Some analysts have Visualized These accusations on Storm-1516, a pro-Russian misinformation campaign, first found in December 2024 by American scientists, known as viral jokes with Ukrainian President Volodimyr Zelensky.
In a post, published in X, a video created by artificial intelligence shows the alleged voter official, claiming that he “is forced to intervene on the upcoming elections” with the “direct order of the government and Maya Sandu.”
The video shows preliminary ballots with already marked voices for the Sandu’s Pas party.
Other videos in Tiktok claim that the ruling side fraudulently uses the voices of dispersion to distort the vote in his favor.
The video correctly claims that the number of electoral departments for Moldovans in Europe will increase in 2025, but claims without evidence that “Through these European electoral departments with controlled committees, elections are planned”Field