German election campaign largely unaffected by fake news or bots


  • World
  • Friday, 22 Sep 2017

FILE PHOTO: Election campaign posters of the Christian Democratic Union party (CDU) with a headshot of German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) and of Germany's Social Democratic Party SPD candidate for chancellor Martin Schulz for the upcoming general elections are pictured in Berlin, Germany, September 11, 2017. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo

BERLIN/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany is on guard against any last-minute meddling in Sunday's election but experts have seen only isolated attempts to swing votes during the campaign.

There are also no signs that fake news will affect the outcome of the election, which Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats are expected to win.

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