WASHINGTON – The Biden administration on Tuesday announced new sanctions against Russians suspected of producing a fake video promoting sexual assault allegations against Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz.
In October, Minnesota Governor Walz was accused by a former student of inappropriate touching and kissing while he was a teacher at the school. It was destroyed by accusations. Alum came forward and said this was an AI fake.
The Treasury Department announced sanctions against the Moscow-based Center for Geopolitical Expertise and its director Valery Mikhailovich Korovin over the video. Can still be viewed in X In other words, the target's assets known to U.S. authorities will be frozen.
The Treasury Department said in a statement that CGE “manipulated the video it used to generate baseless accusations about the 2024 Vice Presidential Candidate for the purpose of sowing discord among American voters.”
The organization also allegedly created a network of fake news websites to distribute doctored content.
“CGE and its employees use generative AI tools to rapidly create disinformation, imitate legitimate news outlets to create false corroboration between articles, and aim to obfuscate Russian origins.” “It was distributed to a large network of websites with the same name,” the ministry said. .
“GRU provided financial support to CGE and a network of US-based promoters to: build and maintain AI support servers; at least 100 websites used for disinformation campaigns; Contribute to the rent of the apartment where the server is located.
The Biden administration on Tuesday accused Iranian group Cognitive Design Production of planning “influence operations aimed at inciting sociopolitical tensions among U.S. voters in the run-up to the 2024 U.S. elections.”・Sanctions against the center were also announced.
Russian judge Olesya Mendeleva also faces new US sanctions for ordering the detention of Moscow city councilor Alexei Golinov.
