{
  "id": 16202565,
  "title": "For weeks, deepfake celebrities have been telling Americans not to vote for Democrats in the midterm elections. U.S. intelligence says Russia is behind it.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/for-weeks-deepfake-celebrities-have-been-telling-americans-not-to",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-23T15:02:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Meduza (English)",
    "slug": "meduza-english",
    "url": "https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/10/23/for-weeks-deepfake-celebrities-have-been-telling-americans-not-to-vote-for-democrats-in-the-midterm-elections-u-s-intelligence-says-russia-is-behind-it"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Russia has mounted an online campaign to discredit candidates for the U.S. Congress ahead of the November 3 midterm elections, Senator Mark Warner and Representative Jim Himes told Politico. Both are Democrats who sit on their chambers’ intelligence committees.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}