No, according to the NYT article it is because a journalist behind this anon twitter account signal-boosted this:
> The controversy grew out of accusations from a little-followed, anonymous social media account, which a columnist at Le Figaro, a conservative daily newspaper, later revealed he partly ran.
> The controversy grew out of accusations from a little-followed, anonymous social media account, which a columnist at Le Figaro, a conservative daily newspaper, later revealed he partly ran.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/world/europe/thelyson-ore...