Why is France on election alert?
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France has taken action against risks of foreign intervention ahead of next year's presidential elections.
France has taken action against risks of foreign intervention ahead of next year's presidential elections. While the government informs political parties about intelligence reports; It is preparing new measures against disinformation campaigns, cyber attacks and information manipulation attempts. While French authorities claimed that disinformation operations targeting some political candidates in the last local elections were carried out by an Israel-based company called BlackCore, they announced that they were working on a new legal regulation that would strengthen election security.
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