Description: The Facebook page ZËRI Shqiptar reportedly published AI-generated images purporting to show Sami Lushtaku, the mayor of Skenderaj, Kosovo, traveling in a luxury car with Milan Radoičić, a former Serb List official accused in connection with the 2023 Banjska attack on Kosovo police. The reportedly AI-generated images appeared amid a political dispute after Vetëvendosje officials accused Lushtaku of assaulting Hysni Mehani, the party's local leader in Skenderaj.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Synthetic media generation technology developers , Image generation technology developers and Deepfake technology developers developed an AI system deployed by ZËRI Shqiptar (Facebook) , Information manipulation actors in Kosovo and Information manipulation actors, which harmed Voters in Kosovo , Voters , Sami Lushtaku , Epistemic integrity and Democratic integrity.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Synthetic media generation technology , Social media platforms , Image generation technology , Facebook and Deepfake technology
Incident Stats
Incident ID
1530
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2026-05-16
Editors
Daniel Atherton
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Statement
Sami Serbia with Radojqiqi
Facebook Pages
Rating
Lie
The photos in which it is claimed that the mayor of Skenderaj, Sami Lushtaku, was traveling by car with the accused of terrorism Milan Radoićić, have been fabricated through Ar…
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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