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Incident 1094: At Least 294 Purported AI-Generated Music Videos Portray Celebrities Praising Burkina Faso's Ibrahim Traoré

Description: Between March and May 2025, at least 294 purported AI-generated deepfake music videos were uploaded across a reported 127 YouTube channels, collectively garnering over 8.6 million views by the end of May. The videos depict global celebrities (including Beyoncé, Rihanna, R. Kelly, Selena Gomez, Eminem, and Justin Bieber) praising Burkinabe President Ibrahim Traoré and endorsing military rule.
Editor Notes: This incident is part of a cluster of reported deepfake videos circulated online to promote Ibrahim Traoré’s leadership, all of which are seemingly contributing to a wider disinformation campaign linked to pro-junta sentiment. The cluster seems to have arisen in March 2025 and continued through to at least the end of May 2025. See also Incident 1091 for a 2023 deepfake incident involving similar themes.

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Alleged: Unknown voice cloning technology and Unknown deepfake technology developer developed an AI system deployed by Unknown actors and Pro-Ibrahim Traoré information ecosystem, which harmed Selena Gomez , Rihanna , R. Kelly , Justin Bieber , General public of Burkina Faso , Eminem and Beyoncé.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Unknown voice cloning technology , YouTube , Unknown deepfake technology and Social media

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Incident ID
1094
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2025-03-02
Editors
Daniel Atherton

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Incident OccurrenceHundreds of deepfake music videos are celebrating the president of Burkina Faso… why?
Hundreds of deepfake music videos are celebrating the president of Burkina Faso… why?

Hundreds of deepfake music videos are celebrating the president of Burkina Faso… why?

observers.france24.com

Hundreds of deepfake music videos are celebrating the president of Burkina Faso… why?
observers.france24.com · 2025

What do Beyoncé, Rihanna, R. Kelly, Selena Gomez and Eminem have in common -- besides being world famous singers? They also all appear to have recorded a version of a banger called "God Protect Ibrahim Traoré" and posted it on YouTube, Face…

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