US intelligence officials say Russia has faked a years-old video in which vice-presidential candidate Walz appears to be behaving inappropriately towards students.
US intelligence officials said on Tuesday The Washington Post that the Russians who interfered with the US election made a fake video of the Democratic vice presidential candidate From Tim Walz.
In the fake video material, Walz behaves inappropriately as a teacher and coach towards students. The video has collected millions of views on social media.
According to the US, the Russian videos are part of Russia’s attempt to influence the US presidential election.
– Some of these influence efforts are aimed at inciting violence and questioning democracy as a political system, regardless of who wins, said the intelligence official, according to the Washington Post.
According to the official, Russia is also trying to threaten the authors of the opinion poll and increase expressions of opinion and help them turn violent.
Russia is trying to influence the elections
A deep fake video made with the help of artificial intelligence, or so-called deepfake, is an effective way that Russia or other actors can try to influence the elections.
The United States has previously accused Russia of trying to influence the November presidential election. At the same time, Russia has been spreading disinformation regarding the war in Ukraine.
President Joe Biden the administration has previously imposed sanctions on two Russian state-owned media companies and ten of their executives.