Poland’s government is warning citizens to beware of a disinformation campaign after some people got fake messages saying the ruling party was offering free funerals for pensioners.
A man puts up election banners for a candidate of the ruling conservative Law and Justice party, including an image of the party leader and Poland’s de-facto leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski, in Czosnow near Warsaw, on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. The Poles are voting in key parliamentary elections on Sunday that will decide whether Law and Justice wins a third consecutive term, or the pro-European opposition forms the new government.
The fake text message urged recipients to vote for Poland’s ruling Law and Justice party, adding: ’“We will provide funerals for pensioners for free.” The party denied making such a campaign promise, and warned citizens to disregard the messages. But the messages would more likely hurt the ruling party because the offer of free funeral service ”can be read as a suggestion that you should die soon,” Olejnik said in an email to The Associated Press.
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