Merz taking stream of disinformation 'very seriously'

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2025-06-30

Berlin (dpa) - Social media is awash with deliberate lies about German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, with the number significantly increasing since Merz's inauguration as chancellor, according to the government and disinformation analysts. A government spokesman told dpa they were seeing "both disinformation and personal defamation as well as propaganda across many channels," apparently aimed at discrediting Merz and his party, the centre-right Ch......

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