A Voting Rights Group Made Deepfakes of Dictators Warning About the Death of Democracy

The campaign focuses on voter suppression and misinformation that threatens open elections

A voting rights group is broadcasting a warning about the state of American democracy by using a technology often feared for its own potential to subvert democracy.

A new campaign from nonprofit RepresentUs and agency Mischief features deepfakes of authoritarian leaders Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un issuing ominous pronouncements about the dangers of voter suppression and manipulated elections. The ads were set to air on the three major cable news channels in the Washington, D.C. area after the first presidential debate tonight, but the stations rejected the ads the night before.

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