NUNEWZ BOARDROOM MEANWHILE IN WESTERN ELIROPE...

A FEW HOURS LATER AT AN
IMPORTANT INVESTOR MEETING

I JUST WANT TO
|/seovosize ON 8EHALF
OF THE NUNEWZ
FOUNDERS. THEY ARE
BOTH CURRENTLY
INOISPOSED.

AS THE CFO, | WILL BE
LEADING THIS DISCUSSION
TOGETHER WITH MY
COLLEAGUE, MR. BAOU.

I OON’T KNOW ABOUT THAT
NUMBER... I HAVE INVESTEO IN
SIMILAR COMPANIES IN EUROPE
ANDO ASIA, BUT THEY HAD BEEN LIP
AND RUNNING FOR FAR LONGER
THAN THREE MONTHS.

THE FIGURES ARE FAIR.

YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE TURNING
OVER TENS OF THOUSANDS IN
PROFITS EVERY MONTH. IT’S A

SURE THING.

ie

SO, DO YOU THINK YOU

CAN INVEST USO $100,000? THAT WILL
BUY YOU 10% OF OUR COMPANY BASEO | AOMITTEDLY, YOUR RETURNS ARE
ON THE VALUATION, EXTRAORDINARY FOR A STARTUP UNDER 6 MONTHS
ANO THIS WOULO GIVE US A FOOTHOLO HERE IN

AFRICA, WHICH IS SO FULL OF OPPORTUNITY FOR
US. OKAY, LET'S MOVE AHEAD.

THE FOUNDERS WILL BE REALLY
HAPPY WITH THIS OUTCOME.

RIGHT THIS WAY, SIR, AND WE
WILL START THE PAPERWORK
FOR YOUR INVESTMENT,

ANO HE SAIO THAT HE HAO
OTHER FRIENOS WHO MAY
ALSO WANT TO INVEST!

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GLAD HE DION’T O16
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AGAINST THE DISINFORMATION
CAMPAIGNS TARGETING OLR COUNTRY.
WE COULD REALLY ISE SOMEONE WITH
YOUR KNOWLEDGE, CONNECTIONS,
ANDO ATTITUDE.

EVER
HEARD OF
SYMOUS?

TWILL NEED SOME TIME

ALSO, YOUR
OLO FRIENO AIDEN PATEL
FROM NICT IS ALREADY A
MEMBER. HE COULON’T STOP
RAVING ABOUT YOU! WE HAVE
RESOURCES SO I AM NOT
LOOKING FOR ANY MONEY
FROM YOU. WE HAVE:
SIGNIFICANT
BACKING.

WHAT OO YOU
NEEO ME FOR? WHAT
CAN I DOP? T AM JUST A
COORDINATOR AT A
VOTER ADVOCACY
eRoue,

NO. WE ARE JUST
CIVIC-MINOEO CITIZENS:
TOO! SYMOUS IS A GROUP OF
CITIZENS OEFENOING THE TRUTH
ANO DEMOCRACY ONLINE. IF
RACHEL HASN'T TOLO YOU
ALREADY, WE ARE IN NO Way,
SHAPE OR FORM LINKED TO
ANY GOVERNMENT
ANYWHERE!

YOU CAN HELP US

WITH YOUR VAST KNOWLEDGE
OF POLITICS AND HELP US MAKE

SENSE OF POSSIBLE IMPACTS.

OF THIS DISINFORMATION. WE
NEEO PEOPLE THAT UNDERSTAND

THE SYSTEM SO THAT WE
CAN PROTECT IT.

SORRY ANORE...

OION’T MEAN TO SNEAK
THIS UP ON YOU! BLT THIS IS A
LEGIT OPERATION ANDO WE HAVE

AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE.

THIS IS REAL ANORE.
YOU KNOW WHAT'S AT STAKE.
EITHER YOU ARE A PART OF
THIS ANO HELP US OR
STANO BY AND WATCH OLR
OEMOCRACY GET TAKEN
APART POST BY POST.

TO THINK ABOUT THAT... N SERIOUSLY, WHAT IS THIS?
i AIOEN, ARE YOU TRYING TO

PUNK MEP?! THIS HAS TO BE A
JOKE! THIS IS NUTS!

WOW! UM.
WOW! THAT’S A LOT
TO DIGEST.



WHOA! WATCH IT!

I KNOW YOU DON’T
HAVE ANOTHER $200

FOR A GAMING

sorry,
I DION’T MEAN
‘ARE YOU TO SLAM IT
Okay? OOWN SO
' HAeO!

WHAT'S GOING ON
WITH YOU LATELY? YOU'VE
BEEN ON EDGE A LOT AND

IT'S AFFECTING YOUR
GAME.

I KNOW IT’S
SILLY, BUT THIS TROLL
ON COMMBLOGZ HAS

GOTTEN UNDER
MY SKIN.

TROLL? WHAT
KINO OF TROLL?

HERE WE GO
WITH THE POLITICS
AGAIN, THAT’S ALL JUST A
DISTRACTION. FOCUS ON
WHAT'S IMPORTANT:
WINNING.

YOU WILL NEVER:
GET IT. POLITICS IS
IMPORTANT TO ME--

RACHEL,

IT DON'T THINK T
AM IN THE MOOD
FOR A LECTURE
RIGHT NOW...

THIS GUY
IS CLEARLY A
TROLL. I OON’T KNOW
WHY I BOTHER TO
REPLY

JUST LISTEN,

FOR ONCE! THIS Guy,
SINGLE@ ON COMMBLOEZ,
POSTED ALL THESE
CLEARLY MANIPLILATEO
VIDEOS. PEOPLE WATCH
THEM ANO GELIEVE 4

THEY'RE REAL.

THAT GETS
SHARED ANO THEN
PEOPLE DON’T HAVE
THE FACTS! THAT'S 4G
DANGEROUS,

THIS MEANS
ALOT TO YOU,
WW BLIT-

j

CHECK THIS OUT! T
OUG INTO HIS PROFILE
AND IT'S CONNECTEO TO
SOME KIO’S ACCOUNT IN
KOREA! DO YOU
REALIZE WHAT THAT

MEANS? =e a em TIME ON YOUR

HANOSP?

PRACTICING, INSTEAD OF
MESSING AROUND
ON COMMBLO6Z?

THE MORNING TIME

DEEPFAKETECHNOLOGY GETS. | PRESIDENT ADDRESSES THE
AN UPGRADE

A OH MAN
' THIS IS REALLY GOING TO
SEND THE MEOIA INTO A

: »
L LA FRENZY. WHILE OUR NEWS OOES
4 THE RIGHT THING BY TALKING
ABOUT THESE “SYNTHETIC
VIDEOS” THE REAL ISSUE IS
THAT THEY ARE SO FEEDING
THE “LIAR’S DIVIOENO*.”,

*LIAR’S OIVIOEND

SHINING A LIGHT ON OISINFORMATION, WHICH IN
TURN CALISES COURT AROUND THE VERACITY C
NEWS CTRUE OR NOTD, INAOVERTENTLY HELPIN
THOSE THAT SPREAD LIES.



We live in a world
where the internet is rife
with misinformation and

disinformation. In a precarious
digital world, the need for
awareness about this risk is
reater than ever. The Resilience
eries graphic novels have been
created as a medium to
communicate the threat of
inaccurate information
and its impact
on our world.

In REAL FAKE, the
first story in the series,
we meet the protagonist
Rachel O'Sullivan, a omer
patriot and member of Symous,
@ group fighting disinformation,
deepfakes, troll farms
and foreign interference in
elections as Election Day
approaches.



SO HOW ARE
YOUR NUMBERS

THIS WEEKP THINK I NEEO

TO BOOST MY POSTS
MORE...NOT QUITE HITTING THE
BIG TIME YET! COMPARED TO
SOME OF THE OTHERS WHO
HAVE A MILLION LIKES! HOW
00 THEY 0O THAT?

IT ALMOST
FEELS LIKE
AUSTIN OURING
SOUTH By!

SO GREAT THAT
IE HAVE THE FOOD
TRUCK SCENE
HERE!

WELL... T
WOULON'T GO.
THAT FAR!

DON'T WORRY, IT’S

ABOUT A/B TESTING THE COPY
ANO THE CREATIVE ASSETS USED IN THE AO,
AS IN COMPARE WHAT WORKS BETTER: IMAGE
AOR B. OR AGAIN COPY A OR 8. HAPPY TO
SHARE SOME OF MY TOP TIPS, I STILL TOP
THE LEADERBOARD WITH MY
ANTI-SG VACCINE POST WITH TWO
MILLION ENGAGEMENTS!

GETTING THE
FEELING I SHOULO HAVE
STAYEO IN THE WORLD
OF 816 AGENCIES!

ICHTECH OFFICES | |



FAIR ENOUGH. SO,
YOU'RE THINKING THAT
IT'S OUP FOIENOS IN

ALMOST CERTAINLY,
BUT THEY ARE USING A NETWORK
OF TOOLL FAQMS SLONS WITH MORE
SOPHISTICATED OEEPFAKE TECH THAN I
HIVE EVES SEEN BEFORE. Our FIPST STOP
1S COUSTESY OF AN OLO CONTACT AT agg
MOSCOW TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY,

cs’ ©@

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OOES THAT HAVE TO CO
WITH Our TeIP>

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THE GUY WHO CAME UP WITH
4 THE PESIODIC TABLE OF
Bo ELEMENTS, WENT TO SCHOOL
— THERE?

———

MY CONTACT THECE
TWPEO ME OFF ON
SOME CHATTER S8OUT
THE FAQMS WE AOE
ABOUT TO VISIT.

SO WHAT'S
THE OEAL WITH WHECE
WE APE GOING?

IT'S ANOCE IN
THE NETWORK. JUST ONE
TROLL FAPM AMONSST THE MANY.
WE KNOW THAT THE POSTS APE BEING

SEEDED FROM THERE BUT I NEED

THE LINK TO MOSCOW.
UNFOSTUNATELY, THEY HAVE GONE

OFF-G2ID ON COMWUNICATING
WITH THEIC HANDLEDS.

ALAN TUSING IS PECOGNIZEO £5 ONE OF THE
GREATEST CODEGREAKERS TO HAVE EVE LIVEO.
HE HELPEO PLAY AN IMPORTANT POLE IN CRACKING

SO YOU WANT
TO PLAY COCE
GrEAKES?

>
>

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ALOT MORE BASIC THAN TRYING

TO PLAY TURING. I HAVE A FEELING THAT

I NEED TO GET MY HANDS ON 4 MANDSER":
PHONE TO SEE WHO THEY APE CALLINS, IT’S

UKELY TO GE A GUONER, HENCE THE SEASON WHY

BEEN ABLE TO TRACE IT AS OF YET.

AIDEN WILL PRETEND TO GE A COMPETING

ESTOR WHILE WE ASE THERE AND
OISTRACT THEM WHILE I OO
WHAT 1S NEEDED.

THE CODE NAZIS LISEO OUPINS WW.

WOOAAAH!
STeaDy THErE!
CLALGHS>

PRIVATE MIRFIELD OUTSIDE EUROPEAN CITY CENTE?



SIGN UP

Andre
Jackson

P occupation | Location | Education _|

Analyst Los Angeles NICT

(National Institute of
Computer Technology)

YUP! DEFINITELY THE
SAME ANDRE AS ON COMMBLOEZ.
IT'S AMAZING, AND SCARY, HOW
MUCH INFORMATION I CAN GET
FROM THIS SITE. NO WONDER
CYBERSTALKING IS SUCH A
PROBLEM. PEOPLE NEED TO BE
MORE CAREFUL ABOUT HOW MUCH
THEY PUT OUT THERE...

SO, ANORE.
IT TURNS OUT WE HAVE
MORE IN COMMON THAN WE

THOUGHT. SEEMS WE EACH HAVE A
PASSION FOR DEMOCRACY, VOTER
RIGHTS, SCI-FI ANO K-9
COMPANIONS!

YOU REMEMBER
EVERYTHING FROM MY
PROFILE. IMPRESSIVE!

I LOVE D066... HAVE
A COCKAPOO!
youP

GERMAN SHEPHERD.

HE’S AN OLO POLICE DOG.
BEEN WITH ME FOR 7 YEARS NOW.
NAMED CHEWIE... YOU KNOW
AFTER THE HAIRY CHARACTER IN
THE GREATEST SPACE STORY
EVER TOLO!

NOT “TREK”...
“WARS,” OUMMY,

THERE IS NO.
CHEWIE IN “STAR
TREK.”

OKAY, WE’RE NOT
GOING TO AGREE THERE ON THE
GREATEST SPACE SCI-FI... OEMOCRACY IS
MY REAL PASSION! I MEAN, THE DEMOCRATIC
PROCESS IS THE ONLY THING HOLDING US
TOGETHER IN THIS COUNTRY AND WHEN IT
|S COMPROMISED, THAT'S WHEN
WE START TO LOSE
OUR LIBERTIES!

COULD WE
OUST TAKE IT
DOWN A
NOTCH?

HEY I GET IT,
BUT LET'S TRY TO
KEEP IT A LITTLE
MORE LOW KEY.

I MEAN, ALL OF
THIS IS HANGING ON BY A
THREAD. SO FEW PEOPLE
ACTUALLY REALIZE WHAT IS
AT STAKE AND HOW MANY
ENTITIES WANT TO SEE
IT DESTROYED.

I OIONT 7, SREAN TO
GET CARRIED AWAY
THERE.

IT’S FINE. by 4

YOU'RE FINE.
T LOVE yOurR ENERGY
ANO YOUR ENTHUSIASM.
HOW WOULO YOU LIKE TO
PUT IT TO WORK MAKING A
REAL DIFFERENCE? WHAT DO
YOU MEAN?



PLEASE MAKE
YOURSELF
COMFORTABLE. CAN I
GET YOU SOMETHING
TO ORINKP
WATER?

TAM GOOD
FOR NOW,
THANK YOU.

WE ARE VERY
IMPRESSED WITH

YOUR RESUME.
REALLY

APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO.
INTERVIEW HERE.

SO TELL ME A
LITTLE ABOUT YOUR
EXPERIENCE WITH
CONTENT CREATION
By. ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

WELL... I OIO SOME WORK
AROUND THE EBOLA VIRUS IN
AFRICA LAST YEAR THROUGH
SOME FREELANCING
PLATFORMS.

VERY NICE. TELL ME, COULD
YOU WRITE SOMETHING RIGHT
NOW FOR ME? IN AMERICAN
ENGLISH?

GOOD, I WANT YOU TO
WRITE A PIECE ON
“CORRUPTION AT THE
HIGHEST LEVELS” IN THE
UNITEO STATES. I WANT YOU
TO THINK “SENATORS AND
SENIOR OFFICIALS.”

=

30 MINS AFTER A SUCCESSFUL INTERVIEW... |

WOW! THIS IS A.

OREAM COME

TRUE. YES. OF
COURSE.

NANA, WE ARE REALLY

PLEASED WITH THE WAY YOU.
CONOUCTEO YOURSELF AND
THE QUALITY OF THE POST
YOU CREATED IN SUCH A
SHORT TIME!
YOU SEEM TO HAVE REALLY

GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT IS
HAPPENING IN AMERICA! WE WANT
YOU TO STAT IMMEDIATELY!
WILL YOU JOIN US?

PLEASE COME
WITH ME TO THE NEXT
ROOM ANO WE WILL
PROCESS YOUR HIRING
PAPERWORK
IMMEDIATELY.

YES, BUT WHY WOLILO
THAT NEEO A CAMPAIGN
FROM THE U.S.?

IT’S A FOCUS RIGHT NOW IN THE STATES. WE
HAVE AN INTEREST IN OUTING INJUSTICE, JUST
LET ME SEE WHAT YOU CAN 00.

CAN’T WAIT TO

LET MAMA KNO'

I GOT THE JOB.



ONE TECHNIQUE FOR THE CREATION OF A
DEEPFAKE VIDEO INVOLVES SWAPPING A TRAINING THE MACHINE IS WHY THE TERM
PERSON’S FACE AND REPLACING IT WITH MACHINE LEARNING IS USED TO DESCRIBE THIS
ANOTHER, USING A FACIAL RECOGNITION PARTICULAR APPLICATION OF ARTIFICIAL
ALGORITHM AND A DEEP LEARNING COMPUTER INTELLIGENCE. ONCE THE MACHINE HAS LEARNED
NETWORK CALLED A VARTATIONAL OR IS ‘TRAINED,’ IT IS THEN POSSIBLE TO
AUTO-ENCODER CVAED. COMBINE THE ENCODER TRAINED ON THE OIVERSE

FACES WITH THE DECODER TRAINED ON THE
SUBJECT’S FACE. THIS RESULTS IN THE SUBJECT’S

VAES ARE TRAINED TO ENCODE IMAGES INTO FACE Berie ae ee faa SR SOMEONE

SIMPLER LOW-DIMENSTONAL
REPRESENTATIONS CTHINK OF ZOOMING INTO
A PICTURE TO SEE THE PIXELD AND THEN
DECODING THOSE REPRESENTATIONS BACK
INTO IMAGES. FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU WANTED
TO TRANSFORM A VIDEO OF ANYONE
SPEAKING, YOU WOULD NEED TWO
AUTO-ENCODERS. ONE TRAINED ON IMAGES
OF THE SUBJECT’S FACE, AND ONE TRAINED
ON IMAGES OF A WIDE RANGE OR DIVERSITY
OF FACES.

THE IMAGES OF FACES USED FOR BOTH
TRAINING SETS CAN BE CURATED BY
APPLYING AN ALGORITHM FOR FACIAL
RECOGNITION. THIS ALGORITHM IS ABLE
TO CAPTURE VIDEO FRAMES FOR A
DIVERSITY OF FACES IN VARIOUS
NATURALLY OCCURRING POSES AND
LIGHTING CONDITIONS.

3)


NOTES FROM CISA

Disinformation is an existential threat to the United States, our
democratic way of life, and the infrastructure on which it relies. The
Resilience Series (of which this is the first title) uses the graphic
novel format to communicate the dangers and risks associated with
dis- and mis- information through fictional stories that are inspired
by real-world events.

The Resilience Series graphic novels were commissioned by the
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to share
information to illustrate:

* Foreign actors are trying to influence U.S. security, economy,
and politics through the malicious use of online media to
create and amplify disinformation.

¢ While the strategy of using inaccurate information to weaken
and divide a society is not new, the internet and social media
allow disinformation to spread more quickly than it has in the past.

* Deepfakes, bots, and troll farms are just some of the emerging
techniques for creating and spreading disinformation.

CISA encourages everyone to consume information with care.
Practicing media literacy — including verifying sources, seeking
alternative viewpoints, and finding trusted sources of information
- is the most effective strategy in limiting the effect of
disinformation.

For more information and further reading about disinformation,
please visit the Countering Foreign Influence Task Force webpage,
www.cisa.gov/cfi-task-force.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Page 8

C. Bregler and others. “Video Rewrite: Driving Visual
Speech With Audio.” 1997
www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Research/Projects/CS/vision/hum
an/bregler-sig97.pdf

Page 9, 11, 13, 15, 17,19
www.news.mit.edu/2020/mit-tackles-misinformation-in-eve
nt-of-moon-disaster-0720

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J. Naruniec and others. “High-Resolution Neural Face
Swapping for Visual Effects.” 2020
s3.amazonaws.com/disney-research-data/wp-content/uplo
ads/2020/06/18013325/High-Resolution-Neural-Face-Swap
ping-for-Visual-Effects.pdf

Page 19

R. Chesney and D. Citron. “Deepfakes and the New
Disinformation War.” 2019

www. foreignaffairs.com/articles/world/2018-12-11/deepfak
es-and-new-disinformation-war


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WITH THE CHAIRMAN,
RIGHT NOW?

IT’S A BIT SHORT

NOTICE! BUT I AM SURE

HE COULD SQUEEZE

YOU IN CONSIDERING

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NIECE!

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TAKE ON THIS. MORE OF THESE
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UP ON COMMBLOGZ AND FINDING SHOULON'T ARGUE
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worse!

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CORRECT. THE TECH BEHIND
THESE ALTERED VIDEOS IS GETTING
MORE ADVANCED ANO THE HARDWARE
CHEAPER, DEEPFAKES LISEO TO BE THE
PURVIEW OF A FEW. DIO YOU EVER SEE
THAT OEEPFAKE MY ALMA MATER
MADE FOR NIXON’S ALTERNATIVE
MOON LANDING VIDEO. IT’S AN
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NOWADAYS THANKS TO THE

LOW COST OF 6PUS, JUST ABOUT
ANYONE HAS THE PROCESSING POWER
TO MAKE DEEPFAKES... OR, AS WE CALL
Np THESE LOW BUDGET VERSIONS,

D CHEAP FAKES.

THIS IS SCARY,
ESPECIALLY IN
AN ELECTION YEAR!
ALL THIS IS BEING
DONE TO UNDERMINE
OUR DEMOCRACY. THIS
HAS MOSCOW
WRITTEN ALL
OVER IT!

“GPUS IS THE ACRONYM USED TO DESCRIBE GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNITS
WHICH APE SPECIALIZED, ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS OESIENEO TO RAPIOLY MAYBE IT’S
MANIPULATE ANO ALTER MEMORY FOR A HAROWARE DEVICE TO ACCELERATE TIME WE OIG DEEPER.
THE CREATION OF MAGES, THEY ARE OFTEN LISEO TO IMPROVE I CAN TELL YOU A LITTLE
PERFORMANCE FOR PERSONAL COMPLITERS, WORKSTATIONS, AND GAME MORE ABOLIT DEEPFAKE
CONSOLES (AS WELL AS OTHER DEVICES) THAT NEEO TO DEAL WITH LARGE TECHNOLOGY BEFORE
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CREEPIN’ APOLIND
LIKE NO ONE KNOWS
THINK YOU'RE SO
CRIMINAL...

BAD GUY
- BILLIE EILISH

Hi CHEWIE....
THAT'S A
GOOD BOY...
MISS MEP



THIS IS YOUR NUNEWZ CO-FOLINDERS’ OFFICE
STATION. MAKE SLIRE
YOU SHOW ME HOW
MANY POSTS ANO WHAT
ENGAGEMENT YOU GET
DAILY IN A STATUS
REPORT. yy

HALF AN HOUR LATER, AFTER A
DEBRIEF WITH A NEW MANAGER...

ISAAC HERE
WILL SHOW YOU
HOW TO USE THE

REPORTING SYSTEM,
OUR FOUNDERS LIKE
TO SEE DAILY
RESULTS.

SHOWTIME! LET'S TALK
ABOUT TODAY'S PROGRESS
WITH THE BOSS! WE’RE
REALLY STARTING TO FILL UP
THE SEATS DOWN
THERE.

YOU ARE LATE ON
THE ENGAGEMENT NUMBERS
FROM YESTERDAY'S POSTS.
WHAT HAPPENEO?

AMAA
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OF HIS GERMAN PARENT COMPANY, TO TRANSFER
20,000 EUROS TO A HUNGARTAN SUPPLIER.

IN MARCH 2019, THE CEO OF A UK-BASED
ENERGY FIRM WAS ASKED OVER A CALL, BY
SOMEONE HE THEN THOUGHT TO BE THE HEAD
| | "| |

ACCORDING TO THE COMPANY’S
INSURANCE COMPANY, FRAUOSTERS HAD
LEVERAGED DEEPFAKE TECHNOLOGY AND
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO

CONSTRUCT A LIFE-LIKE RECORDING OF
THE GERMAN GROUP HEAD’S VOICE. THE
MONEY WAS SYPHONED OFF TO MEXICO
AND CHANNELED TO OTHER ACCOUNTS.

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THE FINANCIAL, POLITICAL, AND SOCTAL THREAT
POSED BY DEEPFAKES CAND TODAY CHEAP FAKES), IS
A VERY REAL RISK ABOUT WHICH SOCIETY AT LARGE
NEEDS TO DEVELOP AWARENESS AND RESILIENCE.

NEWS REPORTS LATER DETAILED THAT THE CEO HAD
BEEN CONVINCED THAT IT WAS THE HEAD OF THE
PARENT COMPANY ON THE BASTS OF A GERMAN ACCENT
ANDO HIS RECOLLECTION OF HIS BOSS’ VOICE AND
MAOE THE TRANSFER ALL WITHIN AN HOUR’S TIME.
REPORTEDLY, THE SAME SOURCE TRIED TO REQUEST
ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO BE TRANSFERRED BUT BY THEN
THE UK CEO HAD GROWN SUSPICIOUS AND OID NOT
AUTHORIZE ANY ADDITIONAL TRANSFERS.

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THE PLAN?

WE ARE GOING ON . . HUH? IS THAT
ALITTLE TRIP « SOME KINO OF
EUROPEAN
OANCE?

WHERE ARE WE
HEADEOP CANADA?

FOOD, ACTUALLY.
POTATO PANCAKES TO BE
PRECISE, BUT GOOD GUESS.
IT’S A SPECIALITY IN
EUROPE

MEET ME AT
VAN NUYS AIRPORT IN
FOUR HOURS. WE NEEO
TO MAKE TRACKS ASAP.
PACK FOR A COUPLE
OF DAYS! LET'S
60 6O GO!

SEE YOU FOLKS
THERE. I'LL BE ON THE 3
PM FLIGHT OUT OF LOGAN!
T HEAR YOU GUYS WILL BE
TAKING THE GULFSTREAM,
FROM LAY



Resihenee

Commissioned by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Written by Clint Watts and Farid Haque



ANOTHER EXAMPLE WHERE THE TECHNOLOGY HAS
FOUND A HOME, ONCE AGAIN IN THE ENTERTAINMENT
INDUSTRY, IS IN GAMING.

THE GROWING INVENTORY OF ARTIFICIAL OR
SYNTHETICALLY GENERATED VOICES CAN BE
PURCHASED BY GAMING STUDIOS THAT ARE
LOOKING TO OFFER A LEVEL OF REALISM IN
THEIR GAMEPLAY THAT PREVIOUSLY COULD HAVE
ONLY BEEN OFFERED BY REAL VOICE ACTORS.

aes (ae et Te

GAME STUDIOS ARE CREATING “VOICE-SKINS” FOR
USE IN ONLINE GAMES AND SOCIAL PLATFORMS.
THE GAMING INOUSTRY IS LARGER THAN THE WORLD : -

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THEREFORE THE COMMERCIAL POTENTIAL HERE IS
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TECHNOLOGY WITH GREAT SUCCESS, SUCH AS
“GEMINI MAN” WHERE A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR
BUDGET PRODUCES A YOUNGER VERSION OF WILL
SMITH THAT BATTLES WITH HIS CONTEMPORARY
SELF SIMILAR DE-AGING EFFECTS CAN BE SEEN IN
“THE IRISHMAN” PRODUCED BY NETFLIX IN 2014.

—_—S J “THE MATRIX.” THIS WAS CREATED BY A

WHILE THESE PRODUCTIONS SPARE NO
EXPENSE AT BIG BUDGET DEEPFAKE
WORK, ONE DOES NOT HAVE TO SEARCH
TOO LONG ON YOUTUBE TO FIND PLENTY
OF EXAMPLES OF CHEAP FAKES. ONE OF
THE MOST PROMINENT EXAMPLES USES
WILL SMITH’S FACE SUPERIMPOSED ON
KEANU REEVES’ FACE IN A SCENE FROM

YOUTUBER USING A FREE SOFTWARE.

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THIS IS EXCITING TECHNOLOGY FOR HOLLYWOOD
BECAUSE IT ALLOWS FOR POSSIBILITIES LIKE

RECREATING HISTORICAL VIDEOS SUCH AS PRESIDENT

KENNEDY SPEAKING DURING THE CUBAN MISSILE
CRISIS BUT USING AN ALTERNATIVE SCRIPT. MANY

STUDIO EXECUTIVES SEE THE TECHNOLOGY ANDO ITS USE

BECOMING MORE PERVASIVE IN THE COMING YEARS.

every human being who}!
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(4)

DISNEY RELEASED A

SIGNIFICANT PAPER IN 2020
WHICH DETAILS A NEW
ALGORITHM THAT IS ABLE TO
ACHIEVE SIGNIFICANTLY
BETTER QUALITY SYNTHETIC

VIDEO OUTPUTS FOR
HIGH-RESOLUTION VIDEOS.
WITH THE OAWN OF HIGHER

RESOLUTION TELEVISION
SETS, THIS WILL BECOME
EVEN MORE IMPORTANT AS
THE MINUTIAE OF FACES IS
MORE VISIBLE AND LOW
FIDELITY ALTERATIONS MAY
NOT PROVIDE FOR AS

COMPELLING OF AN

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INNOCENT! I SWEAR IT. WE DIO
NOTHING WRONG! T WAS
HIREO HERE. PLEASE CALL
MY MOTHER...

YOU WERE CALIGHT
AT A WORKSTATION CREATING
FALSE INFORMATION FOR
MALICIOUS USE ONLINE. YOUR

HANOLE HAS ALSO BEEN TRACED:

AS CONNECTED WITH
THIS ACTIVITY.

THE COURTS WILL
NOW DECIDE IF YOU ARE GUILTY.
DON’T WORRY...YOU ARE NOT
ALONE! LOOKS LIKE YOU WILL ALL
BE GETTING A CHANCE TO BECOME
EVEN BETTER FRIENDS DURING
YOUR STAY WITH US HERE
AT THE STATION.

I BELIEVE SOME
CONGRATULATIONS ARE IN
ORDER! WELL DONE
EVERYONE!

OUR DATA TEAMS:

HAVE REPORTED THAT THE
TAKEDOWN OF THOSE INTERNATIONAL
TROLL FARMS HAS RESULTED IN A DRAMATIC
DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF INCIDENTS
RELATING TO DISINFORMATION ONLINE. IT’S
TRENDING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION ANO WE HAVE
ALOT TO BE PROUD OF AHEAD OF THE
ELECTION. BUT WE MUST NOT LET
DOWN OUR GUARD,

YYMOUS OFFICE OVERLOOKING CENTRAL PAI
MANHATTAN, NEW YORK CI

IT AM ALREADY
HEARING RUMBLINGS OF
ACTIVITY BY DISINFORMATION CELLS
IN OTHER PARTS OF ASIA. THESE
GUYS ARE NIMBLE.

HEY... WATCH IT!

OUR LITTLE STOREFRONT PLINCHES
WELL ABOVE OUR WEIGHT CLASS, ON
A SERIOUS NOTE, THANK YOU FOR
TAKING ME ALONG ON THE JOURNEY. I
HAVE LEARNEO SO MUCH! IT’S
GREAT TO BE A PART
OF SYMOUS.

THANKS MR. CHAIRMAN.

LET'S JUST SAY ITS A “TEAM SPORT.”
NOW ANORE CAN GO BACK TO THAT
STOREFRONT HE CALLS AN OFFICE

ANDO LET THE “PROFESSIONALS”
OEAL WITH THE NEXT CHALLENGE.

WE ARE JUST
GETTING STARTED ANORE.

AS WE HEAO INTO THE FINAL WEEKS
AHEAO OF THE BIG ELECTION DAY, REST
ASSURED THAT WE WILL BE CALLING
ON YOU AGAIN SHOULO
SOMETHING SURFACE.



HOW COULD THEY NOTP I MEAN,

THEY WERE MANLIFACTURING
PROPAGANDA. IT’S PRETTY
OBVIOUS ISN'T IT?

I ALMOST FEEL BAD FOR
THEM. DO YOU THINK THEY
KNEW WHAT THEY WERE

I’M NOT SO SURE.
MAYBE, FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE,
THEY WERE MAKING A DIFFERENCE.

YOU NEVER KNOW WHO WAS:
COMPLICIT ANO WHO JUST GOT
CAUGHT LIP IN ALL OF THIS.

LATER THE SAME DAY,
OUTSIDE THE NUNEWZ OFFICE.

The n

THIS MAKES
NO SENSE! THEY WERE
ALL HERE JUST A FEW DAYS
BACK! I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN,
IT JUST SEEMEO TOO
GOOD TO BE TRUE.

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Business Closed Until Further Notice

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A BRIEF HISTORY OF DEEPFAKES.

THE TERM "DEEPFAKE," A COMBINATION OF "DEEP LEARNING" AND
"FAKE," IS USED TO DESCRIBE SYNTHETIC VIDEO OR AUDIO
CONTENT, WHICH IS OFTEN CREATED WITH MALICIOUS INTENT TO
SPREAD MIS AND/OR DISINFORMATION. THE TERM WAS FIRST
USED BY A REDDIT USER IN 2017.

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THE FIRST OEEPFAKES THAT GAINED NOTORIETY WERE
MOSTLY FOCUSED ON NON-CONSENSUAL PORNOGRAPHY,
CREATING SYNTHETIC MEDIA, OFTEN USING CELEBRITIES

AS SUBJECTS, TO GARNER WIDESPREAD SHARING. IN MANY
CASES THE SYNTHETIC MEOTA HAS BEEN USED AS A WAY TO
SHAME, HUMILIATE, AND MANIPULATE VICTIMS AROUND THE
WORLD, TECHNIQUES HAVE RANGED FROM FACE-SWAPPING

DEEPFAKES HAVE COME BY WAY OF NOT ONLY VIDEO BUT
AUDIO TOO. THE ABILITY TO USE READILY AVAILABLE AND
AFFORDABLE SOFTWARE TO CREATE FAKE SOUND OR VIDEO
HAS BECOME AVAILABLE TO THE MASSES AS THE COST OF
GRAPHICAL PROCESSING UNITS HAS FALLEN ANO THE
NECESSARY PROCESSING POWER TO MAKE A DEEPFAKE, WHICH

TECHNOLOGY TO MUCH MORE COMPLEX APPLICATIONS. WAS ONCE OUT OF REACH, HAS BECOME MORE ACCESSIBLE.
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REFINED BY COMPLITER VISION EXPERTS IN SILICON PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON WHERE THEY PLAYED OUT AN
VALLEY. THE MAUOP BPEAKTHREOLIGH IS ATTRIGLITED ALTERNATIVE MOON LANDING STORY. THAT OEEPFAKE WAS
TO A PAPER PLIBLISHED BY A TEAM AT BERKELEY USING A PRESIDENT OF YESTERDAY... FAST FORWARD TO AN
TITLED “VIDEO REWRITE: DRIVING VISUAL SPEECH WITH ELECTION YEAR AND IMAGINE HOW VIDEO ALTERATION
AUDIO.” IN THIS PAPER, THE TEAM FOCLISED ON THE SOFTWARE CAN MANUFACTURE VIDEOS OF A PRESIOENTIAL
TMPORTANCE OF SYNCING LIP MOVEMENTS AND CANDIDATE WITH DEVASTATING IMPACTS ON THE CONFIDENCE
Deepfakes SPEECH AT A TIME WHEN MUCH OF APPLIED OF VOTERS IN THE INFORMATION THEY INGEST.
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US Senator caught red-handed on a “Video” taking bribes

to push for a planning permit for a foreign group
New campaign starting...

THESE PEOPLE! wi
WOULO ANYONE SELL

ae EW DOLLARS! y IT'S A BIT RISKY TO

MEET UP SO SOON AND
INTRODUCE THE IDEA OF SYMOUS,
BUT WE DON'T SEEM TO HAVE
MUCH TIME WITH THE CLOCK ON
THE ELECTION TICKING!

20 YOUR HOMEWORK!
CHECK YOUR SOURCES.
REMEMBER TO LUISE ACCOUNTS.
THAT SHOW DIVERSE PEOPLE WITH
FOLLOWERS AND HISTORY. q
THESE AGE ALL READY Andre

FOR YOU. I'm seriously worried about how real it looks and the potential

WHO OI | for this to go viral.
YOU SAY WE GET THE
VIDEOS FROM?

FIND THE USERNAMES
AND PASSWORDS IN THE
ENCRYPTED EMAILS SENT
TO YOU ANO DO NOT SHARE IT
WITH ANYONE. REMEMBER, WE

ARE TASKED WITH MAKING
SURE THAT THE TRUTH
1S OUT THERE!

w | Let's hope they take the videos down.

A GOOD JOURNALIST
NEVER REVEALS HIS SOURCES.
NOW, LET'S GET ON WITH GETTING
THESE VIDEOS SEEDED.

THE CORRECT HASHTAGS ARE
#SENATORONTHETAKE
#CORRUPTSENATOR.

THE VIOEO FILE OF

THE SENATOR TAKING
THE OUFFLE BAG OF MONEY IS
ON THE SHARED ORIVE. ALSO, T
HAVE A SPECIAL INCENTIVE FOR
YOU ALL TODAY! PERSON WITH

THE MOST RETWEETS OR
LIKES TODAY GETS A
BEER ON ME!



WELL THAT
ABOUT DOES IT.
THAT’S A SMOKING GUN
IF WE EVER NEEDED ONE.
THAT WAS ALMOST
TOO EASY.

IMPRESSIVE,
INDEEO. WHAT DO
YOU THINK?

«SO BASED UPON OUR
PROFITABILITY IN THE LAST
TWO QUARTERS, YOU CAN

SEE THAT THE OPPORTUNITIES
FOR INVESTMENT ARE QUITE
LUCRATIVE.

YOU ARE
FORTUNATE TO BE
AMONG THE FIRST WHO.
ARE CONSIDERING IT.

ILIKE WHAT
T HEAR...

EXCUSE ME,
T HAVE TO ATTEND TO THIS AS
IT’S ANOTHER POTENTIAL
INVESTOR.

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Solyanka and the Senator
campaign?

admin

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ANYTHING ELSE I
CAN TELL YOUP

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WELL, I
CERTAINLY HOPE
WE CAN 0O BUSINESS
TOGETHER. THANK YOU
FOR COMING!

I THINK WE HAVE
WHAT WE NEEO, LET US THINK
ABOUT IT SOME MORE. IT'S A LOT OF
MONEY ANO THE VALUATION IS A BIT
RICH FOR OUR FUND BLIT WE MAY BE
ABLE TO CONVINCE THE INVESTMENT
COMMITTEE GIVEN HOW WELL YOU
ALL ARE DOING!



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produced this graphic novel to highlight tactics used by foreign
government-backed disinformation campaigns that seek to disrupt
American life and the infrastructure that underlies it. CISAs
publication of information materials about this issue are intended
for public awareness, and are not intended to restrict, diminish, or
demean any person's right to hold and express any opinion or belief,
including opinions or beliefs that align with those of a foreign
government, are expressed by a foreign government-backed
campaign, or dissent from the majority.
CISA celebrates the First Amendment rights of all U.S. persons
without restriction. CISA doesn’t endorse any products, services,
institutions, or conduct outside of our authority that have been
included in this story. While based on actual nation-state adversary
activity, the story and all names, characters, organizations, and
incidents portrayed in this production are fictitious.

CREDITS

STORY BY

Farid Haque, Clint Watts

ART DIRECTION

Farid Haque, Annas Dar,
J. Nino Galenzoga

ILLUSTRATORS

J. Nino Galenzoga, Annas Dar,
Joel Santiago

COLORISTS

Mona S, Patricia Beja,
Joel Santiago

LETTERING

Haroon M, Komal N,
Patricia Beja

EDITOR

Tolly M.

SCRIPTWRITERS

Michael Gianfrancesco, Kabir Sabharwal



VAN NUYS AlePORT,
LOS ANGELES

WHAT!P THIS IS.
A BIT MUCH! WHY DO WE
NEED TO GO THEREP

O10 T MENTION THAT
WE NEED TO SWING
THROUGH WEST AFRICA
ON THE WAY BACK?

SOMEWHERE OVER U.S. AIRSPACE
CROSSING A STATE BORDER...

WELL, WE HAVE A DATE
WITH SOME GOVERNMENT
CONTACTS THERE.

THERE'S A LOT
TO COVER. T’LL FILL
YOU IN OVER THE
COURSE OF OUR
FLIGHT,

LOOK, IF WE ARE
OOING THIS, I NEEO TO BE
IN THE LOOP ON EVERYTHING

THAT WE ARE DOING. I CAN'T
KEEP ABSORBING ALL
THESE SURPRISES.

WE ALL
STRAPPED IN
AND READY

I AMNOT 4 GOOD
FLIER. OID I FORGET TO
MENTION THAT? SODA
SEEMS TO HELP.

YES! GLAD TO
SEE THAT YOU ARE AS
SHARP AS EVER DESPITE THE
FLIGHT SICKNESS! GOT
A BARF BAG READY?

OKAY, SO YOU ARE

THE IDEA IS TO
GET IN ANO LINOERSTANO IF
THE TEAMS THERE KNOW WHAT
THEY ARE ACTUALLY DOING ANO
GET A FEEL FOR WHO THEY ARE
COMMUNICATING WITH,

SAYING THAT WE ARE PRETENDING
TO BE INVESTORS INTERESTED IN
PUTTING MONEY INTO A SOCIAL
MEDIA STARTUP WHICH IS A FRONT
FOR A TROLL FARM?

WE SUSPECT THE

PLACE IS BEING RUN OUT OF

MOSCOW. ANO YOU REMEMBER
THAT TROLL YOU WERE SO LIPSET

ABOUT? THE ONE WHO POSTEO

THE OEEPFAKE? Me. ZERO...

ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE
IS THAT TROLL,

I THOUGHT
THAT GUY WAS FROM
NORTH KOREA?!

FIRST, IT MAY NOT
BE A GLY. TAKE A LOOK AT ME
FOR INSTANCE. PLENTY OF US ARE
FEMALE HACKERS! SECOND, IT’S
NEVER AS SIMPLE AS WYSIWYG
CWHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU
GET) IN THIS SPACE.







PRIVATE ATESTRIP, OUTSKITS
OF WEST AFRICAN CITY

WELCOME!
WE HAVE GEEN
EXPECTING

TRANSFER COMPLETE

BRO! IT’S.
BEEN AGES!

GLAD TO SEE
YOU APE STILL GOEAT AT
GETTING US GOTH IN OVER
Our HEL0S.

HAVE FAITH,

GENTLEMEN, WE HAVE THIS

UNDE? CONTROL BUT IT'S
FAS FROM Overt

ANOPEW PULLS OUT ALL THE
PROTOCOL STOPS. DIO I TELL YOU
THAT HE KNOWS THE PRESIDENT
PERSONALLY?

WE KNOW THAT 4 NUMBES OF
INTEONATIONAL PAOTIES HAVE BEEN
TRACKING THIS TROLL FARM AND APE
KEEN TO SPEAK WITH THE OWNERS OF
THIS ALLEGEO TOOLL FARM.

WE HAVE A OA1I0
PLLTY READY ANO 4
COURT-MANDATEO SEARCH
WARRANT IN HANO! THANKS.
FOR THE TIP-OFF

YOU GUYS MIGHT WANT
TO MOVE FAST. WE HEAR SOME
CHATTE? AGOUT SHETING GASE HECE
IF THAT HAPPENS THERE IS NO TELLING
HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE FO? A
NEW LEAD TO SUPFACE. YOU MAY
NEEO TO TAKE THEM TONIGHT!



WHILE THE NUMBER OF DEEPFAKE AND CHEAP FAKE

VIDEOS CONTINUES TO EXPLODE ON THE INTERNET, A NEW ;
SET OF ORGANIZATIONS HAVE EMERGED TO IDENTIFY, TT 2 hy OF On Eee Iie VON Cee
TRACK, AND REPORT ON THESE THREAT VECTORS Oe ee eee ee

, CONTENT THEY SEE ON THE INTERNET, ANO

_] TO SEEK OUT TRUSTED SOURCES. THE
CONSTANT CHURN OF USER-GENERATED
CONTENT MIXED WITH PLANTED CHEAP
FAKES IS A PARTICULAR AREA OF CONCERN
FOR DEMOCRACIES AROUND THE WORLD
THAT GRAPPLE WITH THE POTENTIAL
INFLUENCE THIS TYPE OF MEDTA COULD
HAVE IF VOTERS ARE FACED WITH
ELECTION-RELATED DISINFORMATION.

WHILE MANY IN THE MEOIA APE DOING GREAT
WORK TO UNCLOAK AND REPORT ON
| DISINFORMATION AND EVEN IOENTIFY SPECIFIC
| [| DEEPFAKES, ALL OF THIS TALK ABOUT
= Tt | i— - Jenne DISINFORMATION ALSO FEEDS WHAT IS REFERRED
SOCIAL MEDIA TO AS THE ‘LIARS DIVIDEND.’ THE PUBLIC
BECOMES INCREASINGLY HYPERAWARE OF THE
@ ~ ISSUE APOUND THE ORIGIN OF CONTENT THAT
‘ | THEY MAY EVEN START TO DOUBT THE VERACITY OF
|
|
]

eS

LEGITIMATE VIDEOS AND MEDIA ON THE INTERNET.

SOME OF THESE COMPANTES EMPLOY LARGE TEAMS
THAT ARE SCANNING SOCTAL PLATFORMS AROUND THE
WORLD AND TOENTIFYING THE EMERGENCE OF SUCH

MEDIA, PECOENIZING THAT SYNTHETIC CONTENT HAS
THE POTENTIAL TO IMPACT ECONOMIES AND PEOPLE a
AROUND THE WORLD,

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*TRANSLATEO FROM RUSSIAN

<THAT’S COOL.
ARE WE THE FIRST
TO OO THIS?>

<THAT IS THE NEXT
PHASE FOR
OUR DEEPFAKE
CAMPAIEN.>

<WE ARE ONLY THE
SECOND TEAM IN THE WORLO-
TO HAVE PERFECTED THE ALGO
THANKS TO THE GOOD WORK OF
ZERO HERE! WE HAVE FULLY
AUTOMATIC NEURAL FACE
SWAPPING IN IMAGES ANO
VIDEOS! ANO AT A.
MEGAPIXEL LEVEL!>

<THE LEADERSHIP
WANTS RESULTS! NOW, IF
YOU WILL EXCUSE ME, I
NEEO TO CHECK ON
THE PRODUCTION
MYSELF>

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<WE MUST USE THE
LATEST ALGORITHM AS IT HAS:
PERFECTED TEMPORAL STABILITY
FOR HIGH-RESOLUTION VIDEOS.
THIS WILL TAKE US TO THE NEXT
LEVEL WITH HOW REAL THIS
WILL SEEM TO THE
AMERICANS.>

AYAMO CTYANA

<AUDIO STUDIO>

y
x

TIpuser
<HI>

<A LITTLE BIRD TELLS ME
YOU HAVE BEEN CALLING YOLIC
GIRLFRIEND AGAIN! YOU KNOW THIS
1S A DARK ROOM. WHAT WERE
YOU THINKING? !>

a

<OON'T BE STUPIO!
WE SEE EVERYTHING!
JUST STAY OFF THE
PHONE!>

=
<WE ARE UNDER
PRESSURE TO DELIVER.
WHERE ARE WE WITH THE
NEW CAMPAIGNS? >

<6OO0, WHAT ABOUT TH
ELECTION WORK? THAT'S FAP
MORE IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW!
ARE THE FARMERS READY
WITH THE SEEOP>

// <..LNO THE MORE

THEY FIGHT WIT!

THE NEW ALGORITHM IT WILL BE
PERFECT... CONVINCING ENOUGH TO
SOW THE SEEDS OF OOUIST. IT’S INCREDIGLE
HOW EASY IT IS TO INFLICT DOUBT. NOW, YOU
FINISH THAT VIDEO. THE REST OF LIS WILL NEEO
TO PUT ALL OUR FOCUS ON THE ELECTION.
MEMES. VIDEOS. FALSIFIEO NEWS ARTICLES. T
WANT TO SEE AT LEAST 20 NEW ITEMS OUT ON
THE BOARDS BEFORE THE HOLIR IS LIP,
IT’S TIME TO CATCH UIP WITH
OUR ELROPEAN COUSINS.>

“TRANSLATED FROM RUSSIAN

<I DION'T CALL HER...
I WAS CHECKING ON
MY SISTER/>

TIpocru!
<sorey>

~~ z <THE ANTI-S6

CAMPAIGNS ARE ON TIME. ‘
WE PUSHED THREE NEW MEMES a
IN THE LAST HOUR ANO THEY
ARE GETTING TRACTION ON ALL
PLATFORMS! THE SEEDING

IS BEING OONE BY
THE FARMS.>

li ,

<WE ARE WORKING ON

A VIOEO RIGHT NOW WHERE WE
HAVE MANUFACTURED A STORY
ABOUT A PROMINENT SENATOR.
IT’S ALMOST TOO EASY TO GET
THESE TWO PARTIES FIGHTING
WITH EACH OTHER.>

<THE LESS THEY
ACCOMPLISH AS
ANATION.>