Russian Propaganda Campaign Targets France with AI-Fabricated Scandals
a year ago
- #AI
- #disinformation
- #Russian propaganda
- Russian propaganda operation Storm-1516 targets France with false narratives.
- Operation led by John Mark Dougan, a former Florida deputy sheriff turned Kremlin propagandist using AI.
- Five false narratives spread from December 2024 to March 2025, generating 55.8 million views across 38,877 posts.
- Previous four months saw only one narrative targeting France with significantly less reach (845,000 views).
- Generative AI chatbots were found repeating these false claims, posing a new disinformation threat.