Hours before Slovakia's 2023 election blackout period, a deepfake audio clip circulated on Facebook appearing to show liberal candidate Michal Simecka discussing how to rig the election and buy votes. The clip was convincingly authentic. Meta's fact-checkers couldn't review it in time due to the blackout. Pro-Russian candidate Robert Fico narrowly won. The incident became the first documented case of AI-generated election disinformation potentially influencing a European election outcome.