Security researchers have identified Russia's DoppelGänger campaign targeting journalists and fact-checkers since May 2022, using platforms like Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, and YouTube to disseminate disinformation through various formats such as deep fakes and roundtable conferences. Despite attempts to flag the campaign, it perseveres with a sophisticated infrastructure utilizing social botnets and URL redirection, adapting to evade takedowns. The campaign's objectives extend beyond Facebook, with a parallel infrastructure for Russian-language propaganda, highlighting the need for collaborative efforts among platforms, civil society, and governmental agencies to combat disinformation and safeguard democratic processes against such influence campaigns
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