Germany goes to the polls today with a very real far right threat and facing the biggest stress test of foreign interference in a democracy yet.
Far right disinformation and influence operations have been coming at them from all angles- Russia, TikTok, Twitter, Musk, even the U.S. vice president has been having a go.
We can't really say this is a free and fair election, but keep everything crossed.
POLITICO · Russia-linked fake videos spread German election fraud claims, authorities warn
An analysis of political bias on algorithmic recommendations on social media in Germany shows a huge far right bias. In percentages-
78% on Tik Tok.
64% on Twitter.
59% on Meta.
This is in a country where support for the far right is at about 20%.
TechCrunch · Study of TikTok, X 'For You' feeds in Germany finds far-right political bias ahead of federal elections | TechCrunchRecommendation algorithms operated by social media giants TikTok and X have shown evidence of substantial far-right political bias in Germany ahead of a
