Incident 648: Alleged Deepfake Audio of Imran Khan Calls for Election Boycott, Misleading Pakistan Voters
Description: A purported deepfake audio clip, falsely attributed to Imran Khan urging a PTI (Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf) election boycott, circulated on social media on the eve of Pakistan's general elections. This sophisticated AI-generated misinformation aimed to mislead voters, highlighting the growing challenge of digital manipulation in political discourse.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: unknown developed an AI system deployed by Unknown social media accounts, which harmed Voters in Pakistan , PTI (Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf) , Imran Khan and Democracy.
Incident Stats
Incident ID
648
Report Count
2
Incident Date
2024-02-07
Editors
Daniel Atherton
Incident Reports
Reports Timeline
logicallyfacts.com · 2024
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On February 7, 2024, just a day before Pakistan's highly anticipated general elections, from which former Prime Minister Imran Khan was barred because of a graft conviction, a voice recording alleged to be of the imprisoned popular leader c…
voanews.com · 2024
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In the run-up to Pakistan's general elections this month, the country's 128 million voters were exposed to disinformation, including through artificial intelligence and deepfake videos.
Aside from a much talked about AI video of former Prim…
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