Description: Days before Slovakia's election, deepfake audio recordings surfaced, allegedly featuring conversations between a journalist and a leading liberal politician discussing vote-rigging and other controversial topics. The recordings were spread on social media platforms and may have influenced the election outcome, which saw the pro-Russian populist party winning.
Editor Notes: Reconstructing the timeline of events in this complex incident ID: One week before the election, which was September 30, 2023, the extremist media outlet Kulturblog released an audio deepfake falsely portraying then-President Zuzana Čaputová endorsing Milan Mazurek, a candidate from the extremist far-right Republic Movement (Hnutie Republika) party. The manipulated recording reportedly did not clearly indicate that it was AI-generated, except in a text description on Telegram. Kulturblog is known to have financial and personnel ties to the Republic Movement. Five days before the election, the Republic Movement released two propaganda videos attacking the LGBTQ+ community, using AI to clone the voices of Čaputová and Michal Šimečka, the leader of Progressive Slovakia (Progresívne Slovensko), suggesting they made statements they never actually did. Meta is reported to have reviewed the videos but allowed them to remain, as they included a disclaimer stating the voices were not real and were perceived as satire. On September 26, 2023, another video circulated featuring an AI-generated voice impersonating Šimečka, falsely claiming that Progressive Slovakia intended to increase beer prices by 70 to 100 percent. This misinformation was widely shared and likely influenced public opinion. On September 28, during the election moratorium, a deepfake video spread purporting to be a phone call between Šimečka and journalist Monika Tódová, discussing the manipulation of ballots and a bribe. The moratorium limited the ability of parties and media to respond, maximizing the impact of this disinformation.
Alleged: unknown developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed Slovakian electorate , Monika Todova , Michal Šimečka と Democratic process in Slovakia.
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