Disinformation videos, likely from Russia, are exploiting real people to malign Senate candidates

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Social media videos believed to be linked to Russia are misusing real people’s names and photographs to spread disinformation about two Democratic Senate candidates. One target is Sherrod Brown, running against Republican Sen. Jon Husted in Ohio. The video, which appears to include some AI manipulation, falsely attributes claims to Haya Akbik, a former intern of Brown. She said the claims are…

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