Description: A Facebook video purported to show Croatian infectious-disease physician Alemka Markotić and TV host Zoran Šprajc discussing her supposed murder and endorsing a joint-pain product called Hondrosol. The clip and linked article were reported to use AI-generated or manipulated media and to mimic Croatian government branding, directing users toward a scam purchase page.
Editor Notes: Timeline notes: This incident reportedly occurred on 10/17/2024. The incident ID was created 04/19/2026.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Unknown voice cloning technology developers and Unknown deepfake technology developers developed an AI system deployed by Unknown scammers, which harmed Zoran Šprajc , People seeking medical advice , Ministry of Health (Croatia) , Ministarstvo zdravstva , General public of Croatia , Epistemic integrity and Alemka Markotić.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Unknown voice cloning technology , Unknown deepfake technology , Social media platforms and Facebook
Incident Stats
Incident ID
1459
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2024-10-17
Editors
Daniel Atherton
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The director of the Clinic for Infectious Diseases, Dr. Fran Mihaljević, Alemka Markotić, is a frequent target of online scams that are mainly based on videos generated using artificial intelligence, as Faktograf has written about several t…
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