France probe possible foreign interference targeting pro-Palestine candidates

Coordinated disinformation campaigns

Media reports said the investigation is based in part on findings from Viginum —

French service for vigilance and protection against foreign digital interference — which reportedly identified an “artificial or automated dissemination system” used to spread “inaccurate or misleading” content online.

According to several outlets, including Mediapart, the suspected operation involved coordinated disinformation campaigns using fabricated content and automated social media accounts targeting LFI candidates who had publicly expressed positions related to Gaza and Palestine.

Last week, French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said judicial action had already been initiated over suspicions of foreign digital interference targeting LFI candidates.