Rigged: Undercover in a fake news network - BBC World Service Documentaries

#BBCEye goes undercover in a fake news network attempting to sway the Moldovan election this Sunday with online propaganda.

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In the run up to Moldova’s crucial elections on Sunday 28 September, BBC Eye Investigations has been undercover in a fake news network hoping to swing the result.

The BBC has established that posts from this one network - designed to erode confidence in the ruling government - have been seen over 20 million times on social media.

Moldovan authorities say millions in Russian cash has flooded into the country with the aim of convincing citizens to vote out the current pro-EU government. Russia denies it is interfering with Moldova's electoral process.

00:00 Moldova: Caught between two spheres of influence
02:02 Paid protestors
03:38 Ilan Shor: Fugitive oligarch returns to Moldovan politics
05:04 Record amounts of money smuggled in to swing the election
06:10 Undercover inside a fake news network
09:30 'Make Moldova great again'
12:23 Moldova Mare: 'Free Democracy' conducts illegal polls
13:36 "We'll pay you to post fake news to TikTok, Facebook and Instagram"
15:34 Role of PSB Bank
16:31 Targeted disinformation campaigns17:55 Pivot from the playbook
19:40 Scooped?
20:34 'Russia will spend more when more is at stake'
27:11 "A multi-faceted campaign to undermine democracy"

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