Analysis: Germany's AfD right-wing party, estimated to have support of 11%-15% voters, accounts for 85% of all German political party posts shared on Facebook
4000! a week—use images from Russian databases. http://www.spiegel.de/... Frederik Kulager / @frederikkulager : “He calls the @AfD “the country's first Facebook party,” and argues that it has built up its overall structure with the help of the social network. “The way the AfD works is focused on Facebook. That makes it fundamentally different from other political actors."" http://twitter.com/... David Carroll / @profcarroll : German far-right AfD party is saturating Facebook with Russian memes while researchers also find evidence of “inauthentic coordinated behavior” ahead of EU elections. http://www.spiegel.de/... via @EmmaLBriant Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu : Rage-inducing images, smear campaigns, simple slogans hating on immigrants and photos, lots of photos, have made the right wing party Alternative for Germany (AFD) the runaway leader in Facebook shares at 85%, despite having only 11 to 15% of the vote. http://www.spiegel.de/...