How Russian Bots Pushed AfD Voter Fraud Myth Before Germany’s Election

Via the Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab (@DFRLab) Ahead of Germany’s parliamentary election on Sunday, online supporters of the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party began warning their voter base of possible election fraud and calling for observers. On Saturday, the eve of the election, their efforts increased, driven by anonymous troll accounts and boosted by a Russian-language botnet. @DFRLab investigated some of the claims made and the bots which amplified