Euronews targeted by anti-Moldova disinformation campaign

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Euronews targeted by anti-Moldova disinformation campaign  Pro-Russian actors have repeatedly used Euronews' likeness and visual identity in recent weeks to spread propaganda against various European countries.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/06/03/euronews-targeted-by-anti-moldova-disinformation-campaign  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Euronews has been targeted by an anti-Moldova disinformation campaign.

00:07More false videos alleging criminality and health issues in Moldova and attributed to

00:12Euronews are circulating online, with some even being posted by accounts posing as Euronews

00:18staff.

00:19One video claims that Moldova ranks first in the number of STD carriers in Europe, while

00:24others talk of waves of illegal immigration flowing from Moldova into the EU, particularly

00:30Italy.

00:31All of them use Euronews' graphics and branding, and many have since been shared by accounts

00:35on TikTok and X, purporting to be current or former Euronews journalists, including one

00:41claiming to be the channel's former CEO.

00:43They've received thousands of views and likes as of the time of recording, and some have

00:47since been deleted, but Euronews didn't produce any of these videos.

00:51The accounts posing as Euronews staff feature profile pictures that appear to be AI generated.

00:57One supposedly belongs to a man called Brandon Goyce, who claims to be Euronews' former CEO.

01:02However, no such person has ever served as the channel's chief, and online searches yield

01:08no trace of anyone with that name and working in the media.

01:11Other profiles contain similar uncanny avatars and the same bio, hashtag Euronews or hashtag

01:17Euronews rep.

01:18They have also all only posted a single video each, all related to the same subject matter

01:23about Moldova, and follow no other accounts.

01:27The false videos and accounts appear to be part of the Matryoshka campaign, a coordinated

01:32pro-Russian operation known among fact-checkers for spreading false news reports under the

01:37guise of international media outlets.

01:39The campaign often targets EU and NATO countries, as well as Ukraine, seemingly to weaken alliances

01:45and discredit Western democracies.

01:47EuroVerify has already debunked other false videos attributed to Euronews as part of the

01:52disinformation campaign, which targeted Moldova, Romania and France.

01:56Euronews stop previously absurd crowds of France.

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