Fake AI-generated videos have been spreading lies about the vice presidential candidate.

A Kremlin-backed propaganda network is allegedly behind a disinformation campaign targeting Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz, spreading false rumors that he sexually assaulted former students, according to WIRED.

Various experts allege that the network Storm-1516 is behind these efforts. This network is tied to many false claims, including one that alleged Kamala Harris committed a hit-and-run in 2011.

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    Sexual abuse of minors, DUIs, etc. That doesn’t sound like the Russians but more like the entire GOP platform of Gaslight, Obstruct & Project.

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      Pavel Durov of VK, Telegram allegedly hit a cop with a car but after some time the case just disappeared from a public eye. It was somewhen around the time he sold his first website to a select oligarch. This was speculated that it was a part of a deal.

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        In my hometown a prominent representative’s son hit and killed a pedestrian at night while drunk and drove home and parked their damaged and obviously murderous vehicle in the family garage. The Senator didn’t report it for multiple days and finally when he did his son plead guilty and got 4 years, 2 with good behavior. Black people get locked up in the same state for 7 to 10 years for marijuana possession. What you describe as a deal is commonplace for politicians.