{
  "id": 250471,
  "title": "French presidential candidates targeted by Russian interference: Don't feed the trolls",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/french-presidential-candidates-targeted-by-russian-interference-dont",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-07T03:00:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
    "slug": "le-monde-english",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/pixels/article/2026/08/07/french-presidential-candidates-targeted-by-russian-interference-don-t-feed-the-trolls_6756240_13.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Several candidates in the 2027 election have recently been targeted by crude interference campaigns. Yet by publicly denouncing these attacks, they risk amplifying operations that, in reality, have little impact.",
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  "editors_take": null,
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      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Russia ramps up disinformation war as French presidential elections draw nearer",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/russia-ramps-up-disinformation-war-as-french-presidential-elections",
        "published": "2026-08-06T13:57:55.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Le Monde English",
        "title": "Most French presidential candidates are vacationing. Not Gabriel Attal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/most-french-presidential-candidates-are-vacationing-not-gabriel-attal",
        "published": "2026-08-08T14:00:08.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}