00:00Dysinformation intensifies ahead of the Moldovan parliamentary elections.
00:07Online disinformation targeting Moldova's pro-European government
00:12is intensifying weeks before the country votes
00:15in pivotal parliamentary elections.
00:18Analysts fear that pro-Kremlin propaganda
00:21could skew the vote in favor of Moscow-friendly parties
00:25and European leaders are sounding the alarm.
00:28The Kremlin propaganda tells us that Europeans want to prolong the war
00:32and that the European Union oppremt the peoples.
00:34These are lies.
00:36Our verification team has been examining some of the misleading narratives
00:40circulating on social platforms aimed at undermining President Maya Sandu
00:45and her pro-EU ruling party.
00:47AI-generated videos on TikTok allege that Moldova is occupied
00:52by European governments and will only be liberated
00:55once the ruling party is unseated.
00:57On Telegram, pro-Kremlin groups are claiming that Moldova will face the same fate
01:02as its neighbor Ukraine and be dragged into war
01:06if it continues on its path to become a member of the European Union.
01:10The narrative is being amplified across other platforms like TikTok
01:14with claims that the September vote is a choice between neutrality
01:18and joining Europe and NATO in a war against Russia.
01:23Also spreading are false claims that as many as 800 NATO soldiers
01:27could be deployed to Moldova in the run-up to the vote
01:30to suppress protesters and provide support to the ruling PASS party if it is defeated.
01:36But the Moldovan Ministry of Defence has denied the claim,
01:39describing it as part of a campaign to instill fear and distrust ahead of the elections.
01:45Experts say a Kremlin-backed network of bots known as Matryoshka
01:50is also actively working to undermine the vote and that its activities could intensify in the coming weeks.
01:57We'll see you in the coming weeks.
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