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French diplomacy uses new governement account to troll back on Trump and Elon
- hinata08 9mo agoFrance created an account to defuse Russian fake news on social media last summer https://uk.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/minister-talks-about-creation-x-account-french-response-combat-information-manipulation https://uk.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/minister-talks-about-creati... As the geopolitical climate shifts, it is already primarily used to troll back on Trump and Elon's interference https://www.lemonde.fr/en/les-decodeurs/article/2026/01/18/french-response-the-foreign-service-s-account-for-trolling-disinformation-targeting-france_6749540_8.html https://www.lemonde.fr/en/les-decodeurs/article/2026/01/18/f... https://x.com/FrenchResponse/status/2010429570076594647?s=20 https://x.com/FrenchResponse/status/2010429570076594647?s=20 This is surprising to me, as media and diplomacy used to be different
- JPLeRouzic 9mo agoIn 2022 M. Macron decided to dismantle the diplomatic body. https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2022/04/18/reforme-de-la-haute-fonction-publique-la-suppression-du-corps-diplomatique-actee-au-journal-officiel_6122664_3210.html https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2022/04/18/refo... Sometimes he looks as the French counterpart to Mr Trump. https://mondediplo.com/2024/07/03macron-international https://mondediplo.com/2024/07/03macron-international