Incident 201: Climate Action Group Posted Deepfake of Belgian Prime Minister Urging Climate Crisis Action
Description: A deepfake video showing the Belgium’s prime minister speaking of an urgent need to tackle the climate crises was released by a climate action group.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: unknown developed an AI system deployed by Extinction Rebellion Belgium, which harmed Shophie Wilmès and Belgian government.
Incident Stats
Incident ID
201
Report Count
2
Incident Date
2020-04-14
Editors
Sean McGregor, Khoa Lam
Incident Reports
Reports Timeline
A deepfake video showing Belgium’s prime minister speaking of an urgent need to tackle the economic and climate crises has been put into circulation by Extinction Rebellion Belgium.
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Variants
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