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‘My identity is stolen’: Photos of European influencers used to push pro-Trump propaganda on fake X accounts
A phony campaign on X backing Trump ahead of the US election is using stolen or manipulated photos of real women in Europe to push its agenda.
Nederlof is one of 17 real European women — fashion and beauty influencers from the Netherlands, Denmark and as far away as Russia — whose online photos have been stolen by unknown actors to promote Trump and his pick as running mate, Senator JD Vance of Ohio, on X, a CNN investigation in collaboration with the Centre for Information Resilience(CIR) has found. The legislation is designed to protect consumers like Nederlof, but she and other European influencers interviewed by CNN said they have struggled to get social platforms to take any action when they flag that their photos are being used without their consent, or their identities stolen, reflecting the challenges to enforcement and highlighting a growing threat to women’s bodily autonomy in the online sphere. “By hijacking images of the influencers, these accounts clearly recognise the value of creating a believable human persona that followers can relate to – they share photographs of the women at the beach, out at a café, or doing their make-up,” Benjamin Strick, CIR’s director of investigation, told CNN.
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