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French PM Files Complaint Over Russian Deepfake Disinformation

8/9/2026

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Prime Minister Gabriel Attal filed a Friday complaint accusing Russian networks of deepfakes that lawyers Sacha Ghozlan and Lucas Veil say tried to portray him as orchestrating the disinformation.
The General Secretariat for Defense and National Security (SGDSN)’s Viginum unit warned Attal after a Wednesday report identified Russian-origin interference.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon called the election an “open bar for manipulators,” prompting Marine Tondelier to urge suspending platforms such as X.

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Prime Minister Gabriel Attal filed a Friday complaint accusing Russian networks of deepfakes that lawyers Sacha Ghozlan and Lucas Veil say tried to portray him as orchestrating the disinformation.
The General Secretariat for Defense and National Security (SGDSN)’s Viginum unit warned Attal after a Wednesday report identified Russian-origin interference.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon called the election an “open bar for manipulators,” prompting Marine Tondelier to urge suspending platforms such as X.