The recordings immediately went viral on social media, and the candidate, who is pro-NATO and aligned with Western interests, was defeated in September by an opponent who supported closer ties to Moscow and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
AI images that falsely depicted former President Donald Trump sitting with teenage girls on Jeffrey Epstein’s plane circulated on social media last month.
And once a deepfake appears on social media, it can be nearly impossible to stop its spread.
Šimečka said his team and others complained to social media platforms and law enforcement.
He said social media platforms need to “put measures in place” to prevent attempts to meddle with an election.
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