Incident #1715
Russia-Linked Matryoshka Operators Reportedly Circulated Deepfake of Mother Jones Editor Claiming DNC Paid CNN $259 Million
Description
A Russia-linked Matryoshka disinformation operation reportedly circulated a deepfake video falsely branded as Mother Jones that impersonated editor Clara Jeffery and claimed the DNC paid CNN chief Mark Thompson $259 million to promote gender transition among children. Two X posts displayed about 205,000 views, though researchers said impressions may have overstated authentic reach. X later removed the posts after Mother Jones complained.
Actors
Alleged Deployers
- synthetic-media-creators
- storm-1679
- russian-state-linked-actors
- operation-overload
- matryoshka
- information-manipulation-actors-in-russia
- information-manipulation-actors
- influence-operation-groups
- deepfake-creators
Alleged Developers
- synthetic-video-generation-technology-developers
- synthetic-media-generation-technology-developers
- deepfake-technology-developers
Harmed Parties
- x-(twitter)-users
- voters-in-the-united-states
- voters
- social-media-users
- news-organizations
- mother-jones
- mark-thompson
- journalists
- epistemic-integrity
- democratic-national-committee
- democratic-integrity
- cnn
- clara-jeffery