‘Tik-Tok’ War Gets Its First Deepfake

Altered videos take propaganda to the next level

An image from the deepfake of President Volodymyr Zelensky ordering Ukraine to surrender. (YouTube screengrab.)

So it finally happened. The Russia-Ukraine War has its first deepfake. The recently released video shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky telling his fellow citizens to throw down their weapons and surrender to Russia. According to Euronews, the video was viewed 120,000 times on Twitter. But it was quickly…