Microsoft has revealed that Russia-aligned trolls duped at least seven Western celebrities, including Elijah Wood, Mike Tyson, and Priscilla Presley, into recording videos on Cameo, which were later edited and used in a disinformation campaign against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The videos were strategically edited to falsely present Zelensky as a drug addict. The disinformation campaign aimed to discredit Zelensky through the strategic manipulation of the celebrity videos. The celebrities were tricked into providing video messages that were then used in pro-Russian propaganda. The operation began in July and was orchestrated by Kremlin propagandists.
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https://t.co/hirkgXZhvt Russian information operation uses US celebrity Cameos to attack Zelensky. Kremlin propagandists tricked a half dozen celebrities into recording videos urging Ukraine's president to seek treatment for substance abuse.
Recordings of at least five American celebrities appear to have been purchased on Cameo and turned into propaganda to discredit Ukrainian President Zelenskyy through strategic video editing, according to @NBCNews' review of the videos. https://t.co/wpNlPENr1c
Beginning in July, “Russia-aligned influence actors have tricked celebrities into providing video messages that were then used in pro-Russian propaganda,” the Microsoft Threat Analysis Center found and shared in a Thursday blog post. More details: https://t.co/MFJW4wJFoq https://t.co/Msgce1tBsc
Hollywood actors including Elijah Wood 'have become unwitting stooges aiding Putin's Ukraine propaganda as Russia edits their Cameo video messages into propaganda' https://t.co/bxvfEhyVnI https://t.co/LOjzvGwSin
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Russia used popular website Cameo to trick actors into creating propaganda videos https://t.co/6ZlaMR0M2W
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Russian propaganda officials deceived several American celebrities into recording personalized videos on Cameo that were later edited to falsely present Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as a drug addict, according to a report. https://t.co/nLP6voqj6o
Microsoft: Russian disinformation campaign used celebrity videos bought via Cameo https://t.co/8Z2arohw5j
Actors Recorded Videos for 'Vladimir.' It Turned Into Russian Propaganda. https://t.co/R9DDk0CuX0
Actors Recorded Videos for 'Vladimir.' It Turned Into Russian Propaganda. https://t.co/z0Gd6mETMy
Elijah Wood and Mike Tyson Cameo Videos Were Used in a Russian Disinformation Campaign https://t.co/npEPE4hCb2
Recordings of at least five American celebrities appear to have been purchased on Cameo and turned into propaganda to discredit Ukrainian President Zelenskyy through strategic video editing, according to @NBCNews' review of the videos. https://t.co/1ysOYUUhpj
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Cameo celebs appear to have been punked by Russian propaganda trolls https://t.co/mx1kOjZt7v
According to Microsoft researchers, Elijah Wood, Mike Tyson, and Priscilla Presley's Cameo videos were used and edited to push anti-Ukraine disinformation. https://t.co/AhArQSLFwF
Russia-aligned trolls have duped at least seven Western celebrities into recording videos to support the information war against Ukraine, according to Microsoft https://t.co/rlT6zEhxo4 We are in the golden age of fake propaganda
Elijah Wood and Mike Tyson Cameo Videos Were Used in a Russian Disinformation Campaign https://t.co/JUhzJ8qJpR
Internet propagandists aligned with Russia have duped at least seven Western celebrities, including Elijah Wood and Priscilla Presley, into recording short videos to support its online information war against Ukraine https://t.co/TfB876Gddc https://t.co/TfB876Gddc
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Russia-aligned trolls duped at least seven Western celebrities into recording videos to support the information war against Ukraine, according to Microsoft https://t.co/KKcXe0adKR https://t.co/KKcXe0adKR
Russia-aligned trolls have duped at least seven Western celebrities into recording videos to support the information war against Ukraine, according to Microsoft https://t.co/0rCXljGSg0