 In 2019, voice cloning technology was used to successfully impersonate a chief executive’s voice and demand a fraudulent transfer of €220,000.The case raised concerns about the lack of encryption methods over telephones as well as the unconditional trust often given to voice and to media in general.Starting in November 2019, multiple social media networks began banning synthetic media used for purposes of manipulation in the lead-up to the 2020 US Presidential Election.