Former European Commissioner considers crisis in Ceuta hybrid attack against EU
Messages circulating on social media in Morocco encourage a new mass invasion of the territory on the 15th
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Messages circulating on social media in Morocco encourage a new mass invasion of the territory on the 15th. This investigation had already been requested last week by Thierry Breton in an opinion article in the French digital magazine Le Grand Continent, in which he had considered that Ceuta’s situation had shown that “directed misinformation can today produce, in less than 24 hours, a human and political shock equivalent to that of a military operation”. “We knew the ‘migrant war’ conducted by Minsk and Moscow since 2021 at the borders of Poland, Lithuania and Finland. Some 72,000 people entered the Spanish autonomous city of Ceuta, located in North Africa, within 24 hours last week and 70,000 have returned to Morocco, indicating data from the Spanish authorities.
Furthermore, Ceuta, a small territory of 80,000 inhabitants that is located in the far north of Morocco, bathed by the Strait of Gibraltar, is one of the two land borders between Africa and Europe, along with the other Spanish enclave of Melilla. At least 82 people died trying to swim to Ceuta. The former European Commissioner said it was necessary for the European Commission to urgently open, under the Digital Services Act, an investigation to understand how content on social networks "has triggered an attack against Ceuta".
In addition, We have now discovered version 2.0: faster, more viral, more amplified and harder to attribute," he said. Former European Commissioner Thierry Breton considered this Monday that the situation in Ceuta was not a migration crisis, but the “first large-scale hybrid attack” against the EU and should be investigated. In this context, Thierry Breton argued that it was "collective responsibility" for Europeans to draw, "without delay, the real lessons of what happened", calling for "in-depth, independent and public research", to answer five questions.
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Messages circulating on social media in Morocco encourage a new mass invasion of the territory on the 15th.
reliability low1/3 sourcesThis investigation had already been requested last week by Thierry Breton in an opinion article in the French digital magazine Le Grand Continent, in which he had considered that Ceuta’s situation had shown that “directed misinformation can today produce, in less than 24 hours, a human and political shock equivalent to that of a military operation”. “We knew the ‘migrant war’ conducted by Minsk and Moscow since 2021 at the borders of Poland, Lithuania and Finland.
reliability low1/3 sourcesSome 72,000 people entered the Spanish autonomous city of Ceuta, located in North Africa, within 24 hours last week and 70,000 have returned to Morocco, indicating data from the Spanish authorities.
reliability low1/3 sourcesCeuta, a small territory of 80,000 inhabitants that is located in the far north of Morocco, bathed by the Strait of Gibraltar, is one of the two land borders between Africa and Europe, along with the other Spanish enclave of Melilla.
reliability low1/3 sourcesAt least 82 people died trying to swim to Ceuta.
reliability low1/3 sourcesThe former European Commissioner said it was necessary for the European Commission to urgently open, under the Digital Services Act, an investigation to understand how content on social networks "has triggered an attack against Ceuta".
reliability low1/3 sourcesWe have now discovered version 2.0: faster, more viral, more amplified and harder to attribute," he said.
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Former European Commissioner Thierry Breton considered this Monday that the situation in Ceuta was not a migration crisis, but the “first large-scale hybrid attack” against the EU and should be investigated.
according to Jornal EconómicoIn this context, Thierry Breton argued that it was "collective responsibility" for Europeans to draw, "without delay, the real lessons of what happened", calling for "in-depth, independent and public research", to answer five questions.
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