Research: ahead of Slovakia's parliamentary elections, AI-generated deepfake videos of politicians are spreading on Facebook, Telegram, and other platforms
Videos featuring AI-generated deepfake voices of politicians are spreading on social media ahead of the Slovak parliamentary elections this weekend …
AI-generated audio playing a role in both disinformation and political ads in Slovakia elections. Not a surprise, audio deepfakes - PLUS claims that real compromising audio was faked as we see in @witnessorg cases- likely to reoccur in upcoming elections. https://www.bloomberg.co…
NEW: In the final days of the Slovakian election, Russian disinfo and deepfake ads with AI-generated audio are running rampant on @instagram @facebook and @tiktok_us. The ads contain overt hate speech and violate the platforms' own terms of service. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
🧵Social networks are ever more important in the electoral campaign. While virtually noone uses Twitter in Slovakia, by far the most important site for political communication is Facebook. In the summer, Robert Fico solidified his position as the “King of Slovak Facebook”. [image]
Slovakia is the first national election since the DSA went into effect. All eyes should be on @Meta, @Google, @X, @tiktok_us Are they willing to enforce their terms of service, abide by the law, & stop Russian disinformation? Or will they side with Putin? https://www.nytimes.com/…