AI-Generated Profiles Used in Disinformation Campaign Targeting Ukrainians

February 25, 2022

Security reports by Meta uncovered a disinformation campaign targeting Ukrainian social media users, employing fictitious personas with GAN-generated profile pictures. The offending accounts, linked to actors in Russia and Ukraine, were subsequently taken down.

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Alleged deployer: individuals-in-the-donbass-region, individuals-in-russia, media-organizations-in-crimea
Alleged developer: unknown
Alleged harmed parties: ukrainian-social-media-users

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