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Three Russian governors were forced to deny rumors of their death

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The governors of the Vologda, Smolensk and Samara regions had to deny rumors about their death due to deepfakes that spread online. All three posted posts on their social networks showing that the information disseminated was not true.

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The governors of three regions of the Russian Federation denied the information about their death. Earlier, videos appeared on the Internet saying that they died from Novichok poisoning and committed suicide — Novaya Gazeta Europe

The governors of the Vologda, Samara and Smolensk regions denied reports of their deaths after deepfake videos appeared on the Internet saying they had died. The Bloody Lady telegram channel drew attention to this. According to the channel's authors, all videos were generated by neural networks and designed as episodes of television news shows. Vyacheslav Fedorishchev, the head of the Samara Region, was the first to deny his death on February 20…

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