Risky Bulletin Newsletter
October 14, 2024
Risky Biz News: Pro-Kremlin disinfo cluster disrupted ahead of Moldova's election
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Meta has taken down a network of fake accounts engaged in a disinformation campaign targeting Moldova a week before the small Eastern European country is set to hold presidential elections and a referendum to join the EU.
The network used fake accounts to manage pages that posed as "independent" news entities.
They posted content primarily in Russian that criticized the country's current president Maia Sandu, Moldova's pro-EU politicians, and the country's ever-increasing closer ties to neighboring Romania.