Fake Accounts Using GAN Faces Deployed by Propaganda Campaign on Social Platforms

June 13, 2020

Pro-China propaganda campaign exploits Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) to create synthetic faces and deploy fake accounts on platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. These accounts were used to amplify the reach of the content by sharing and commenting. Such incidents underscore the importance of safe and secure AI practices.

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Alleged deployer: spamouflage-dragon
Alleged developer: unknown
Alleged harmed parties: facebook-users, twitter-users, youtube-users

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