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Catalina MARCHANT DE ABREU

Chinese influencer impersonates Russian soldier using deepfake filter

China Douyin TikTok Artificial Intelligence Henan Ukraine

TRUTH OR FAKE © FRANCE 24

An man posing as "Paul Kochadie" fooled over 400,000 followers on his Douyin account (TikTok's equivalent in China) by using artificial intelligence to pretend to be a Russian soldier on the Ukrainian frontline. This man, who sent "daily" updates about the war in Ukraine, was neither Russian nor a soldier, but instead a resident of Henan, China. We tell you more in this edition of Truth or Fake.

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