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Back to EpisodesHow the far-right AfD fuelled a campaign of division
Published 10 months, 2 weeks ago
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The deliberate spread of false information just handed the far right a big win. The vote on a new set of constitutional court judges was postponed. One candidate has been left damaged. We speak to Philipp Sälhoff, who heads a think tank that showed how a post by the far-right AfD party went on to fuel a campaign of disinformation and how this has become a wake-up call for German policy makers.