More than 40% of Russians over the age of 50 have learned to recognize deepfakes

More than 40% of Russians over the age of 50 have learned to recognize deepfakes that mimic the voices and images of people they know. This was reported on March 14 by RIA Novosti with reference to a study by the financial portal <url>.

"If in 2025 only 39% of the representatives of this age group said they were able to distinguish a fraudulent call, then in 2026 the figure rose to 58%. Moreover, 44% of respondents over the age of 50 reported that they had learned to recognize audio and video clips that mimic the voice or image of familiar people," the text of the study says.

It is clarified that the most noticeable changes over the year occurred in the group of respondents over 50 years old. Director of the Department of Communication Policy "I will choose.<url>" Anna Romanenko added that people began to perceive suspicious calls not as a special case, but as a "typical risk" to which they developed "immunity."

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