1. Targeted Disinformation Surrounding Regional Elections in Lower Saxony

Subject & description: Dissemination of misleading videos and manipulated infographics claiming that German municipalities are closing schools in order to finance the reception of displaced persons.

Channels & context: Regional Facebook groups and local Telegram channels.

Analysis: Regional media outlets (Sat.1 Regional) and electoral commissions have issued warnings denouncing an attempted cognitive interference operation aimed at polarizing the municipal vote only weeks before the election (Sat.1 Regional - Falschinformationen Kommunalwahlen).