berlin/frankfurt germany guard last-minute meddle sunday election experts see isolate attempt swing vote campaign also sign fake news affect outcome election chancellor angela merkel christian democrats expect win broadly clean bill health political experts social media watchers contrast u.s. french presidential elections past 12 months russia accuse try influence outcome graphic german federal elections click tmsnrt.rs/2h0nqct people generally expect huge amount digital meddle end work france closely associate russia would hurt russia say sergey lagodinsky lawyer researcher green party-connected think tank berlin share false mislead headline mass post automate social media bots little influence germany quiet campaign government officials political experts say oxford university study conclude week far less fake news spread germany unite state 2016 presidential election concern raise germany accusations russian meddle last year u.s. presidential election prevent democrat hilary clinton win year french presidential election eventual winner emmanuel macron team complain campaign target massive coordinate hack operation russia deny meddle foreign elections far-right set enter parliament germany big political party worry impact hack steal politicians data 2015 agree year exploit information might leak result cyber attack use bots social media watchers spot small-scale effort late campaign russian account twitter amplify call german far-right activists supporters volunteer observers poll prevent possible vote fraud far-right call election monitor center site tiny follow call wahlbeobachtung.de feature demand recount many invalid ballot find retweeted russian bot-for-hire 169 time recent days fake news track site digital forensic research labs say site run einprozent one percent anti-immigrant anti-merkel patriotic citizens network draw 305 facebook users sign monitor far german voters cast vote 88,000 poll station million tweet track oxford group first 10 days september 30 percent tie anti-immigration alternative germany afd far outweigh support show party poll run around 10 percent put afd track enter parliament first time third large party facebook germany spokesman klaus gorny say company keep close eye abuse stick principles allow free speech say doubt right-wing post quite offensive increase facebook remove content illegal certainly things completely illegal say german election campaign largely unaffected fake news bots