# Pro-Russian accounts amplified French anger ahead of protests and riots, NGO finds

https://mins.news/en/item/110181

- France 24, 2026-10-21 21:21 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/in-run-up-to-mass-protests-and-riots-pro-russian-accounts-amplified-french-anger-ngo-finds

> Alliance4Europe research suggests pro-Russian networks manipulated online information to intensify anger in France ahead of last weekend’s mass protests and subsequent unrest. After analysing more than half a million posts across social platforms, the group said it traced the campaign to early September.

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