Description: In Hungary, opposition leader Péter Magyar alleged that Viktor Orbán aide Balázs Orbán published an unlabeled deepfake video on Facebook reportedly depicting Magyar as saying he would cut and tax pensions ahead of the 2026 parliamentary election. Magyar reportedly said he would file a criminal complaint and described the video as defamatory.
Editor Notes: Timeline note: The reported incident appears to have occurred 10/28/2025; the incident ID was created 03/21/2026.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Unknown deepfake technology developers and Unknown voice cloning technology developers developed an AI system deployed by Balázs Orbán, which harmed Péter Magyar , Voters in Hungary , Electoral integrity and Epistemic integrity.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Unknown deepfake technology , Unknown voice cloning technology , Facebook and Social media platforms
Incident Stats
Incident ID
1420
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2025-10-28
Editors
Daniel Atherton
Incident Reports
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BUDAPEST, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Hungarian opposition leader Peter Magyar said on Wednesday that he would file a criminal complaint against Prime Minister Viktor Orban's chief political aide for publishing what Magyar said was a deepfake video …
Variants
A "variant" is an AI incident similar to a known case—it has the same causes, harms, and AI system. Instead of listing it separately, we group it under the first reported incident. Unlike other incidents, variants do not need to have been reported outside the AIID. Learn more from the research paper.
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