Posted 2/29/2024, 10:00:13 AM
Ukrainian YouTuber's Image Cloned to Create Fake Russian Accounts Pushing Pro-Russia Messaging
- Ukrainian YouTuber Olga Loiek's face and voice cloned using AI to create fake "Russian" accounts selling goods on Chinese social media
- Dozens of accounts found with 1K - 150K followers showing fake Loiek speaking Mandarin, praising China-Russia ties
- Fake accounts advertise Russian goods and advocate China-Russia friendship amid real Ukraine-Russia war
- Loiek infuriated as she earns nothing from real YouTube while clones profitably exploit her image to push pro-Russia narrative
- No one has contacted Loiek for permission to use her image with advanced "face-changing" tech to generate fake ecommerce content