A DJ’s face was used in contract-service recruitment ads without his consent. It’s not the first such case in Russia

A DJ’s face was used without his consent in contract-service recruitment ads . It is not the first such case in Russia

DJ and music producer Alexander Musaev, who performs under the pseudonym Neidonhard, told Post- magazine that he accidentally saw his own face in the ad, he said. Musaev has not been at war and has never served under contract.

By his account, the face had been run through a neural network, but the man still recognized himself.

In fact, it’s my nose, lips, beard, features, everything exactly as in real life. There are some mistakes, but it is obvious that my face was used as the basis,

Alexander noted.

He sent an appeal to VKontakte and is trying to contact the advertiser, and also intends to file a police report.

The ad, Post- learned, was placed on behalf of Moscow businesswoman Olga Gadzhieva: in 2024 she registered as an individual entrepreneur whose business is personnel подбор and advertising services. In other people’s phones, her number is saved as “contract,” “spetsnaz,” and “SVO recruiter,” journalists found.

🔵Earlier, mobilized soldier from Krasnoyarsk Krai Daniil Astakhov said that recruiters were using his photograph without his consent in ads recruiting cooks for contract service: Astakhov called the promise of service in the rear, “not in assaults,” a deception and urged people not to respond to that ad.

Photo: Post- / Telegram

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