Go into the details on how AI-generated content was used with our report on the German Federal Election 🖇️ alliance4europe.eu/foreign-info...

Co-authored by ggigitashvili.bsky.social, Martyna Hoffman & Saman Nazari , this joint report by the DFRLab, @alliance4europe.bsky.social & Political Accountability Foundation shows how a sanctioned actor penetrated Poland’s info space.

DFRLab 🔗 bit.ly/43rRIGM
A4E 🔗 bit.ly/3Z5CwxZ

While the impact seems limited, these operations have the potential to break into the mainstream — especially if platforms like X continue to ignore them.

📖 Full report: shorturl.at/Voktw
📝 By: @alliance4europe.bsky.social #Debunk.org @isdglobal.bsky.social #NASK

Using the #DISARMFramework, the campaign identified the following tactics used:
🧩 Appropriating Content from Polish media to validate lies
🧩 Commenting on real users' posts to amplify the narrative
🧩 Fabricating Polish personas for legitimacy

Narratives pushed:
❌ Anti-EU & “Polexit” via climate disinfo
❌ Anti-Tusk, anti-Ukraine
❌ Pro-Russia trade
❌ Inflation, fuel, & healthcare fearmongering

Key findings:
⚠️ 279 Polish-language tweets from Mar 4–Apr 4 after long silence
⚠️ 225 accts still active as of Apr 15
⚠️ X took down only 4 accts
⚠️ 90+ flagged tweets under #DSA reporting were ignored
⚠️ Likely bought acts – some 2011 dated – posed as Poles, used bots & media links for fake credibility

The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not reflect the views of the official positions of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland alliance4europe.eu/romania-and-...

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This report is a public task financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland within the grant competition ‘Public Diplomacy 2024-2025 – the European dimension and countering disinformation.’

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Thanks to the 95 participants who contributed to this discussion - and a special thank you to Katarina Kingova for moderating, and to panelists Voinea Madalina, Peter Georgiev, Marianna Prysiazhniuk, and Paşa Valeriu.

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Learnings:

🏛️ Prevent public figures from leveraging disinformation in elections
📰 Empower media as credible sources
🎭 Apply stricter regulation to unofficial accounts
💰Boost transparency on paid political ads
🔎 Grant researchers access to platform data
🎯 Mitigate systemic risks during elections
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Funded by EU’s @horizoneu.bsky.social programme.
Great working with partners Lund University, Debunk.org, TU Dortmund University Institut für Journalistik (TU Dortmund), Cardiff University/Prifysgol Caerdydd, Uniwersytet SWPS, and Leiden University The Hague Program on International Cyber Security.

By working together, we can better defend our digital environment from changing threats and protect our democracy.

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