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International Business Times
International Business Times
World
Juliette Mansour and Erin Flanagan

Disinformation Targeting Brigitte Macron Spreads Beyond France

There has long been curiosity about the private life of the Macrons (Credit: AFP)

Years after false posts began circulating on social media purporting Brigitte Macron is a transgender woman, the French first lady remains the target of fake claims with the transphobic disinformation spreading to the United States.

President Emmanuel Macron, 46, has in recent weeks lashed out at the false information spread about his wife, 70, who is taking legal action against those behind the allegations.

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