Emmanuel Macron Targeted by Russian Disinformation Campaign

French intelligence officials detected a Russian disinformation campaign involving a fake news website that falsely accused Emmanuel Macron of being connected to the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.The operation, attributed to the Storm-1516 network, utilized artificial intelligence to generate fabricated images and articles that were subsequently amplified on the social media platform X.While the name of Emmanuel Macron appears in official files, the French government clarified these references are related to news reports rather than personal involvement with Jeffrey Epstein.