Elija Wood, Tyson, Ronaldo and Oprah: The Russian Federation used stars for her propaganda - NYT (photo)

According to journalists, the Kremlin used the Cameo stars for information attacks on Ukrainian politicians, especially President Vladimir Zelensky. The Kremlin used a new weapon in the Information War with Ukraine and the West - a false stone celebrities. On December 7, the New York Times writes.

Obviously, according to the publication, celebritis such as Elija Wood, Mike Tyson, Cristian Ronaldo, Prescilla Presley, Oprah Winfrey and many others did not even know how to use their names on social networks and Russian news for slander, for example, on a Ukrainian president. "It is about Cameo, popular, although there are now difficulties, an application, where users can pay for personalized messages from famous people - in the case of Mr Wood starting from $ 340.

Although the video is real, it was re -profiled by the efforts of Russia for the purpose of It is wrong to blame the President of Zelensky as a neo -Nazi -induced drug, "NYT explains. Video with the alleged request of Wood to Zelensky to take a course of drug addiction treatment lightning was spread by Russian social networks and media, as well as created by fake websites that appear to be real news organizations in Europe and the USA.

"Russian Cyber ​​Operators and Agents of Impact show adaptability throughout the war with Ukraine, testing new ways to gain an advantage on the battlefield and deprive Kiev sources of internal and external support," - writes the Microsoft threat analysis center in its report on December 7. The statement of the CAMEO social network states that such videos violate the company's community rules.

"In cases where such violations are confirmed, Cameo usually takes steps to delete problematic content and stop the buyer's account to prevent further problems," the statement said. NYT notes that the novelty of the use of commercially available Cameo emphasizes the ingenuity and perseverance of Russia's efforts, which tries to justify its aggression in Ukraine.

Although Microsoft researchers did not identify the exact source of video, experts who analyzed the results said that the campaign has signs of previous secret information operations from Russia. For example, a separate campaign began in November with publications on Facebook and the social network X. Posts contained photos of more than 75 world celebrities with quotes that are in line with key propaganda messages of the Kremlin.

The famous group of anonymous volunteers ATIBOT4NAVALNY exposed the attempts of Russian trolling on the Internet. Group researchers and other experts say that Russia's recent efforts have been supported by artificial intelligence, which, as experts warn, can accelerate the production and spread of misinformation.

"Institute of Strategic Dialogue, Research Organization in London, which tracks extremism on the Internet, reported on December 5, which found a network of 64 accounts of X bots on X, which apparently use content created by Chatgpt Chat-Botte, to criticize the master's criticism Navalny, " - gives an example of the publication.

Then these reports spread through the Tsargrad media network, owned by Konstantin Malofeev, which has been under US sanctions since 2014 with the support of Russia's initial invasion of Crimea and Eastern Ukraine. Articles and videos later appeared on well -known Russian news sites, in particular the RIA News State Army and the Official Government Government newspaper "Rossi newspaper".