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submitted 1 week ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

A German far-right influencer whose online posts have been amplified by Elon Musk ​has applied for funding from the U.S. ‌State Department to launch a media network for political content, Germany's Handelsblatt news outlet reported on Monday.

The ​self-professed libertarian and supporter of the ​far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) told Handelsblatt that ⁠she had applied under a U.S. State Department ​program intended to back European organisations focused on ​issues including free speech, national sovereignty and the impact of migration.

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[-] Kirp123@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

It wasn't enough that Russia was funding right wing nuts in Europe, now the US is doing it too.

Disgusting traitor. We need to put a stop to foreign interference like this, they are unevenly backed by the billionaire/Epstein class, weaponize social media to flood the zone, and are puppets for the US' nefarious agenda to dismantle the EU and have Europe become a vassal state to American and Russian interests. There is no slippery slope in outright denying the far-right fascist scum from getting a platform, and we shouldn't have to hold an ethics commitee to muse on whether our freedom of speech doesn't quite hold up to the standards of the country that erases mentions of DEI, homosexuality, and women from their government sites, muscles late night show hosts out of a job, and routinely berates journalists who fail to smack their botox-laden lips on their asshole.

[-] Rothe@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago

According to the report, ​Seibt applied for political asylum in the United States last ​year.

[-] kibblebits@quokk.au 2 points 1 week ago

If it quacks like a Nazi, blow its fucking brains against the wall.

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