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Italian president condemns Russian election interference, calls for global response


During a state visit to Moldova, President Mattarella called for decisive measures against escalating Russian disinformation campaigns, particularly those that intensified during European elections. A report by the European External Action Service highlighted Russian manipulation, including the creation of fake newspaper

During the state visit to Moldova… Italian President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella called for decisive action against the escalating Russian disinformation campaigns that intensified during the European elections. The final communiqué from the G7 leaders includes a special section recognising the risks to democracies from foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI), disruption of political campaigns, malicious cyber activity and transnational repression. The G7 also called on technology companies, particularly social media platforms, to step up their efforts to prevent and counter FIMI campaigns and the potential misuse of AI for this purpose and to work towards higher standards of transparency and accountability on these issues.

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