Russia and China are reported to have manipulated the online space in previous elections in Europe and elsewhere, including the 2016 US presidential vote.
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00:00unravelling the threat of social networks and revealing the real from the fake.
00:04But above all, to detect the manipulation of information.
00:08That's the job of this analyst who works discreetly for the domestic intelligence service.
00:13What we are trying to detect are anomalies.
00:17We can call them a sudden increase in the number of posts, retweets or likes on a particular subject,
00:25or the appearance of new actors.
00:31In April, European figures from the conservative right and far-right met in Brussels.
00:36The foreign intelligence service scrutinized the exchanges.
00:42The grey area, which represents the majority of what we see on the screen,
00:45is related to a discussion or a de-discussion related to the political conference
00:51that took place in mid-April here in Brussels.
00:54While the actors who are in the blue areas are actors that we monitor on a daily basis
01:02for the simple reason that they are from the pro-Russian movement.
01:07And it seems clear that the fact of getting involved in a political conversation
01:12that is physically based here in Belgium
01:14probably aims to create more, to amplify the existing chaos or polarization related to this conference.
01:21The risks of foreign attempts to manipulate public opinion are high during elections.
01:25In Poland, a special commission has already begun to investigate Russian and Belarusian influence in the country.