Description: The X user @MrReaganUSA uploaded a deepfake of Kamala Harris saying damaging comments about Joe Biden and her own qualifications for the presidency, originally marking it as a parody. The post was shared and amplified eight hours later via Elon Musk's account without the disclaimer.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Unknown deepfake technology developer developed an AI system deployed by X (Twitter) , Elon Musk and @MrReaganUSA, which harmed Truth , Kamala Harris , Joe Biden , General public and American voters.
Incident Stats
Incident ID
756
Report Count
3
Incident Date
2024-07-26
Editors
Daniel Atherton
Incident Reports
Reports Timeline
nytimes.com · 2024
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Elon Musk, the world's richest man, has waded into one of the thorniest issues facing U.S. politics: deepfake videos.
On Friday night, Mr. Musk, the billionaire owner of the social media platform X, reposted an edited campaign video for Vic…
rollingstone.com · 2024
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Billionaire Elon Musk shared a deepfake video of Vice President Kamala Harris manipulated to make it sound like she spoke about President Joe Biden's "senility" and that she does not "know the first thing about running the country."
"I, Kam…
nbcnews.com · 2024
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Elon Musk, the owner of X, retweeted a parody Kamala Harris campaign ad Friday without labeling it as misleading, an apparent violation of his own platform’s rules.
Segments of video in the altered content — such as Harris, the presumed Dem…
Variants
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