Fake quotes appeared over photos of celebrities such as Scarlett Johansson and Elton John, calling to end aid to Ukraine and describing European collapse.

Russian bots with a Kremlin disinformation network published 120,000 fake anti-Ukraine quotes falsely attributed to celebrities, including Jennifer Aniston and Scarlett Johansson, in one day, the independent Russian media outlet Agentsvo reported June 15.

Quotes appeared over celebrity photos, displaying messages calling to end aid to Ukraine and describing European collapse.

The images were published between June 14-15 by the Kremlin disinformation network Dvoynyk, a representative of the Bot Blocker project told Agentsvo. The fake quotes have since garnered over 500,000 views.

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  • Sanctus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    73·
    5 months ago

    And this dude is trending to be president again. The AI can’t take over fast enough.

    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      5 months ago

      I mean you SAY that, but…AI has ruined pizza toppings in google searches. I mean really, WHO would order a pizza with glue, or pineapple???

      • Sanctus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        5 months ago

        These people injected bleach and drink raw milk during a bird flu outbreak in cows. They’d probably love how stringy glue pizza is.