Videos, photos, direct: the invasion of Ukraine by Russia is a conflict documented minute by minute on social networks thanks to the images published from the smartphones of civilians and soldiers engaged in the field.
But this precious flood of information gets mixed up with false, misleading and misleading content.
Thursday, AFP alerted to an
"outbreak of infox"
detected by its specialized teams on social platforms and messaging, just hours after the start of hostilities.
Videos of old conflicts or aerial parades are taken out of context;
netizens pretend they are in Ukraine to attract attention and donations;
and above all, Russian propaganda, at work for many months, seeks to convince public opinion of the merits of the conflict.
“We will strengthen the fight against the manipulation of information to protect ourselves against foreign interference
,” wrote Emmanuel Macron in his message read to the…
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