Gary Machado, Managing Director of EU DisinfoLab, stated that the recent Doppelganger operation they exposed mainly consisted of Russian actors cloning media websites and buying
Misinformation is used by state and political actors for political and economic gain. By influencing the public debate through misinformation, targeted mistrust is created which affects the western democratic societies governed by the rule of law and their freedom of expression. This undermining of our society’s values is the goal pursued with misinformation.