Manipulation During the French Presidential Campaign: Coordinated Inauthentic Behaviors and Astroturfing Analysis on Text and Images

In April 2022, the French presidential election took place, and social media played a prominent role in it. By analyzing more than 150 million interactions on Twitter, this study aims to provide evidence of coordinated behaviors from political parties. We find that extreme parties left right, appear with particular internal structure compared moderate Moreover, by examining similar patterns community structures but also duplicated tweets, we unveil online astroturfing strategies main online, right.