The registry of the House of Representatives has confirmed this to the Volkskrant. It is not clear who was behind the forgery. It is certain that it has been done convincingly, the newspaper reports, and it also happened in a live session.
European countries
The House of Representatives’ Foreign Affairs Committee thought this week a zoom conversation with Leonid Volkov, Navalny’s chief of staff. Previously, members of parliament in other European countries had already had such video conversations, which it was revealed yesterday that they had spoken with a deepfake imitation.
The Lower House will investigate how this can be prevented in the future.
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According to Volkov himself (the real one), “Kremlin-supported pranksters” are behind the action.
Deepfake
With deepfake imitations, digital technology mounts the head of one person on the body of another person. The technology is now so advanced that the editing cannot be seen by a layman. It is less known that this montage can also be used in live images.
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