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Tamsin Paternoster

Fake videos exploit Germany's East-West divide before key elections

A fake newspaper cover claiming the "West hates the East". AI-generated television reports suggesting western German landlords would rather rent to foreigners than eastern Germans, and videos falsely claiming that most young Germans want East Germany restored.

These images and videos mimic the branding of some of Germany's best-known media organisations, such as Spiegel TV, Bild and T-Online, as well as research organisations such as the Institute for the Study of War.

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