Brigitte Macron targeted by transphobic fake news

A disinformation campaign has in the last days targeted the wife of French President Emmanuel Macron falsely claiming she was a born a man, adding to fears over internet fake news less than four months ahead of presidential elections.

Fake news of transphobic nature targeting prominent political figures has been very rare in France until now, but is not a new phenomenon globally. Macron’s relationship with his wife 24 years his senior as always attracted fierce media interest in France and outside. They first met when she led a drama class while he was still a teenage schoolboy.

The false claims allege that a vast plot has been engineered to hide this change in civil status and, taking the conspiracy theory a step further, say accusations of paedophilia have been covered up.The first such claim appears to have been made on Facebook in March by a user calling themselves “Natacha Rey”. The page of this “journalist” is swarming with conspiratorial theories and diatribes against the so-called “health dictatorship”.

He doesn't even have children of his own,but he talked about African women with many children,he doesn't even know circumstances women go through in Africa, it's payback time 🙈

He look mature than Macron 😁😁😁

How do you know if it's fake news? What if he is a trans? Stop publishing biased news.

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