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☆ Paris 2024 calls for vigilance amid disinformation campaign
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The logo of the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics Games is seen on an official toy mascot at the Doudou et Compagnie factory in La Guerche-de-Bretagne near Rennes in Brittany, France, April 12, 2023. "Between now and the Games, Paris 2024 will continue to monitor, in conjunction with the relevant authorities, the veracity of information circulating about the event and its organisation," Paris 2024 said in a statement on Tuesday. Ties between Paris and Baku have been strained in recent months and have worsened since Baku took control of the Nagorno-Karabah region. Paris 2024 said it was not the first time such campaigns had been aimed at the Games. In summer 2022, a video from New York Insider linking the June riots to the organisation of Paris 2024 went viral, it said.

Persons: Stephane Mahe, VIGINUM, Julien Pretot, John Irish, Angus MacSwan Organizations: Paralympics, Compagnie, REUTERS, Games, New, Paris, Thomson Locations: La Guerche, Bretagne, Rennes, Brittany, France, Azerbaijan, Paris, Baku, Karabah, New York

☆ French report flags Azeri-linked disinformation campaign targeting 2024 Olympics
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

According to the report seen by Reuters and other media, the campaign ran from July 26-27 on an account of an Azerbaijani individual on social media X, formerly Twitter, with links to the Azeri presidential party. However, Viginum said it had not been able to link the campaign directly to the Azerbaijani authorities. Ties between Paris and Baku have been strained in recent months and have worsened since Baku took control of the Nagorno-Karabah region. A French diplomatic source said Paris had asked Baku for clarifications on the disinformation campaign. It would also be discussing the matter with X, formerly Twitter, in the coming days, the source said.

Persons: Benoit Tessier, Viginum, Paris, John Irish, Tassilo Hummel, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: IOC, Paris, REUTERS, Rights, Reuters, Vigilance, Protection, Thomson Locations: Paris, France, Azerbaijan, Baku, Karabah, Armenia, Nagorno, Karabakh

In the video, a Central African Republic rebel fighter says "the French want to drive Wagner out of Africa". Russia and Wagner have a track record of media manipulation and disinformation, which Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin has admitted to. The European Union sanctioned Wagner in February for alleged rights abuses and spreading disinformation, including in Africa. The foreign ministry unit doesn’t promote or generate fake news, the two diplomats said. However, the foreign ministry unit, and the broader strategy, will face an uphill battle to convince people in Africa that France has changed, seven analysts and diplomats said.

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