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2024-03-15 16:45:56 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: F155B542ABAAAA4FD8F470409ED4C3555BB4B6B9AB4C04E533FF59081D921B7F
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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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