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2024-03-16 14:05:08 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 86A23EE9111E157632004367E37A8B04BF29F993E24EF1D7FE4AA87D9EEEB185
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This is a disinformation campaign that targets the wife of President Emmanuel Macron, falsely claiming she was born a man. In October 2021, claims about Brigitte Macron's "mystery" emerged in "Facts and Documents," by late ultra-right writer Emmanuel Ratier in 1996. https://www.lemonde.fr/en/politics/article/2022/04/03/france-s-first-lady-her-brother-and-an-outrageous-fake-news-story_5979617_5.htm https://www.dailysabah.com/life/fake-news-claims-macrons-wife-was-born-a-man/news/amp
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