Democratic National Committee Fast response account FactPostNewsFounded in January as part of an initiative to “fight online misinformation” and was caught on Wednesday, propelling fake audio clips showing Donald Trump Jr. expressing his support for arming Russia towards Ukraine.
“The audio in question, amplified by the official DNC X account, is 100% fake, along with countless other major anti-Trump accounts,” says Donald Trump Jr. I said ABC News. “It looks like a deepfake generated by AI.”
Hany Farid, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley and co-founder of GetReal Labs, a digital forensics and synthetic media expert, appears to agree, suggesting that the audio has been seen millions and shared at least 6,600 times on X.
The clip was presented as an excerpt from the February 25th episode of Don Jr.'s podcast, despite the fact that the episode had not yet been uploaded.
There are thousands of other fake audio clips shared on DNC's FactPostNews accounts Partisan Accountand like foreign costumes Visegrád24a voice created for resemblance to Trump Jr., “To be honest, I can't imagine choosing Ukraine as my ally when Russia is the other option.”
“So think about it. A massive nuclear power plant with the natural resources that everyone needs, literally the largest country on the planet. “On the other hand, the Biden administration is saying, 'Yeah, this is definitely an ally we need. Let's throw all our money into them.” Honestly, if anything, the US should have sent weapons to Russia. ”
Media people It has been reported What happened soon Suspicion On audio credibility, especially as the clip was presented as an excerpt from the February 25 episode of Don Jr.'s podcast, “Donald Trump Jr. and Trigger.” Spotifyalthough the episode had not yet been uploaded to the platform as of Thursday morning. in Complete February 25th episode It aired on Rumble and no comments were found anywhere.
Andrew Slavian, Republican, Donald Trump Jr. Tweet“This is 100% fake AI-generated audio, but I'm sure it won't stop anti-Trump resistance accounts from continuing to spread fraudulently.”
Citing its policy against “misinformation,” a DNC spokesman told ABC News that the post was deleted as soon as it was found to be fake online voice spreads.
When Democrats launched FactPostNews, DNC Chief Mobile Director Shelby Call I said “We believe that while the Republican disinformation machine is powerful, we believe that the more powerful weapons give people the facts about how Trump and his administration are messing up Americans.”
The DNC does not seem to bother issuing public apology for presenting provocative Russian-based falsehoods as “facts” to audiences.
Like Blaze News? Bypass censorship, sign up for our newsletter and get stories like these directly into your inbox. Sign up here!
