CBS News identified two new fabricated videos by a Russian disinformation network targeting Americans traveling to the Paris Olympics.
Russia has ramped up its disinformation operations targeting the Paris Olympics , this time with a new video that makes it appear as if the CIA is warning Americans about traveling in the city's metro. CBS News found the fabricated video, which contains a fake warning about a 'high risk' of an attack, originated in Russia n channels before making its way to X and Facebook, where it has racked up at least 100,000 views across platforms.
CBS News estimates that the video has been viewed at least 100,000 times.On June 13, a new video was published on Telegram with France 24 branding, claiming to show a French official criticizing the CIA for alarming the public for the Paris metro terror threat. CBS News confirmed the video is fabricated, was not produced by France24 and is part of the same Russian disinformation network as the others.
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