Social media disinformation targeting Poland's 2025 presidential election
Reportedon one origin only: 1 distinct origin, 1 tied to no party.
The dataset records Russian disinformation on social media aimed at Poland's May 2025 presidential election, which it says also stoked anti-Ukrainian sentiment, citing Le Monde. It codes the incident as influence operation, apparent goal compromise domestic / EU politics; disrupt (military) aid to Ukraine, target internet / Social media / News, location Poland; the dataset records it as running from January 2025 to 2025-05-31, and the date shown is the start of that period. The Leiden dataset includes incidents linked to Russia by officials, incidents fitting a pattern of officially suspected attacks, or incidents backed by journalistic evidence, and its authors call the data speculative and subject to change.
- When
- 1 January 2025
- Where
- Poland, Poland
- What
- other
- Acting party
- Government of Russia
- Attribution
- Attributed by independent sources. Listed as a Russian operation in the Leiden University Russian Operations Against Europe dataset; the dataset links the incident to Russia, citing a source this draft could not open (see gaps).
- In the record
- Published 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC · revision 1 · leiden
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History
| When | Field | From | To | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC | status | null | reported | P1 leiden: researched from cited sources and graded by the one rule |
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The War Record, "Social media disinformation targeting Poland's 2025 presidential election", ev-20261027-6ymg, revision 1, https://thewarrecord.com/events/ev-20261027-6ymg/