Description: The White House reportedly posted a purportedly AI-altered image on X showing Minnesota protester and attorney Nekima Levy Armstrong appearing to cry during her arrest. An earlier image reportedly shared by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem showed her calm. Reported analysis by third parties using AI detection tools found signs of purported facial manipulation, which could be replicated using generative AI systems.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Unknown deepfake technology developers and Unknown image generator developers developed an AI system deployed by White House , White House Communications Team and Executive Office of the President, which harmed Nekima Levy Armstrong and Epistemic integrity.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Unknown deepfake technology and Unknown image generator technology
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Incident ID
1357
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2026-01-22
Editors
Daniel Atherton
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The White House posted a digitally altered image showing a demonstrator involved in interrupting a church service in Minnesota last weekend crying as she was arrested on Thursday. A previous version of the image, also posted by an official …
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