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Inside Europe: Hacking fears ahead of German elections

August 11, 2017

German intelligence agencies are convinced that Russia will attempt to influence the country's federal election which takes place at the end of next month. Political parties have been warned to be vigilant in case of hacking attempts, and officials have stepped up the monitoring of 'fake news' on social media. Nik Martin has more on the struggle to keep the Kremlin out of German politics.

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