College student's face stolen for pro-Russia deepfakes in China

When Olga Loiek, a 20-year-old student at the University of Pennsylvania, started a self-empowerment YouTube channel in November, she never imagined her face would be stolen and end up in pro-Russia deepfake videos on China's social media. But that's exactly what happened, as Loiek discovered when she received a message on Instagram: 'Do you speak any Mandarin?' — Read the rest
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