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The billionaire owner of X has announced loud and clear his support for the AFD in the upcoming German federal elections. Research shows that bots on his social media platform are artificially boosting the AFD message, to the detriment of other parties.

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<p>The billionaire owner of X has announced loud and clear his support for the AFD in the upcoming German federal elections. Research shows that bots on his social media platform are artificially boosting the AFD message, to the detriment of other parties.</p>

Bots on Musk's social media platform are artificially boosting the AFD message, to the detriment of other parties.

Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Eastern European countries have felt directly threatened by Putin's expansionism.

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