Vitali Klitschko fake tricks Berlin mayor in video call
By DW
27 June 2022 |
10:31 am
Berlin Mayor Franziska Giffey spoke for 15 minutes with a man posing as Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko. But then the suspicion arose that a counterpart was a deepfake.
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