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CopyCop

Incidents involved as Deployer

Incident 14814 Report
Purported AI-Generated YouTube Network Reportedly Promoted Alberta Secession and U.S. Annexation Narratives

2025-05-01

Researchers reported that a network of 20 inauthentic YouTube channels used purportedly AI-generated avatars and voiceovers with deepfake-style thumbnails, as well as paid voice actors, to pose as Albertan commentators and promote false or misleading claims about Alberta secession and U.S. annexation. The channels allegedly drew nearly 40 million views and distorted political debate, reportedly undermining Canada's information ecosystem.

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Incident 6803 Report
Russia-Linked AI CopyCop Site Identified as Modifying and Producing at Least 19,000 Deceptive Reports

2024-03-01

In early March 2024, a network named CopyCop began publishing modified news stories using AI, altering content to spread partisan biases and disinformation. These articles, initially from legitimate sources, were manipulated by AI models, possibly developed by OpenAI, to disseminate Russian propaganda. Over 19,000 articles were published, targeting divisive political issues and creating false narratives.

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Related Entities
Other entities that are related to the same incident. For example, if the developer of an incident is this entity but the deployer is another entity, they are marked as related entities.
 

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Russia-linked network

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 680
    3 Reports

    Russia-Linked AI CopyCop Site Identified as Modifying and Producing at Least 19,000 Deceptive Reports

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OpenAI

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 680
    3 Reports

    Russia-Linked AI CopyCop Site Identified as Modifying and Producing at Least 19,000 Deceptive Reports

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ChatGPT

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 680
    3 Reports

    Russia-Linked AI CopyCop Site Identified as Modifying and Producing at Least 19,000 Deceptive Reports

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General public

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1481
    4 Reports

    Purported AI-Generated YouTube Network Reportedly Promoted Alberta Secession and U.S. Annexation Narratives

  • Incident 680
    3 Reports

    Russia-Linked AI CopyCop Site Identified as Modifying and Producing at Least 19,000 Deceptive Reports

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Journalism

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 680
    3 Reports

    Russia-Linked AI CopyCop Site Identified as Modifying and Producing at Least 19,000 Deceptive Reports

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Democracy

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1481
    4 Reports

    Purported AI-Generated YouTube Network Reportedly Promoted Alberta Secession and U.S. Annexation Narratives

  • Incident 680
    3 Reports

    Russia-Linked AI CopyCop Site Identified as Modifying and Producing at Least 19,000 Deceptive Reports

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Unknown disinformation operators of inauthentic Alberta-secession YouTube channels

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1481
    4 Reports

    Purported AI-Generated YouTube Network Reportedly Promoted Alberta Secession and U.S. Annexation Narratives

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Unknown disinformation actors

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1481
    4 Reports

    Purported AI-Generated YouTube Network Reportedly Promoted Alberta Secession and U.S. Annexation Narratives

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Storm-1516

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1481
    4 Reports

    Purported AI-Generated YouTube Network Reportedly Promoted Alberta Secession and U.S. Annexation Narratives

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RedVox TV

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1481
    4 Reports

    Purported AI-Generated YouTube Network Reportedly Promoted Alberta Secession and U.S. Annexation Narratives

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Pravda disinformation network

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1481
    4 Reports

    Purported AI-Generated YouTube Network Reportedly Promoted Alberta Secession and U.S. Annexation Narratives

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OttawaX

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1481
    4 Reports

    Purported AI-Generated YouTube Network Reportedly Promoted Alberta Secession and U.S. Annexation Narratives

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NORTH49

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1481
    4 Reports

    Purported AI-Generated YouTube Network Reportedly Promoted Alberta Secession and U.S. Annexation Narratives

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Noah Campbell

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1481
    4 Reports

    Purported AI-Generated YouTube Network Reportedly Promoted Alberta Secession and U.S. Annexation Narratives

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Marc Miller - N. America News

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1481
    4 Reports

    Purported AI-Generated YouTube Network Reportedly Promoted Alberta Secession and U.S. Annexation Narratives

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MapleTalk News

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1481
    4 Reports

    Purported AI-Generated YouTube Network Reportedly Promoted Alberta Secession and U.S. Annexation Narratives

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Maple Truth

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1481
    4 Reports

    Purported AI-Generated YouTube Network Reportedly Promoted Alberta Secession and U.S. Annexation Narratives

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Griffin Reports

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1481
    4 Reports

    Purported AI-Generated YouTube Network Reportedly Promoted Alberta Secession and U.S. Annexation Narratives

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Global Report HQ

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1481
    4 Reports

    Purported AI-Generated YouTube Network Reportedly Promoted Alberta Secession and U.S. Annexation Narratives

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David Fraser

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1481
    4 Reports

    Purported AI-Generated YouTube Network Reportedly Promoted Alberta Secession and U.S. Annexation Narratives

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Cdn Politician CPN

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1481
    4 Reports

    Purported AI-Generated YouTube Network Reportedly Promoted Alberta Secession and U.S. Annexation Narratives

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Cdn Politician

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1481
    4 Reports

    Purported AI-Generated YouTube Network Reportedly Promoted Alberta Secession and U.S. Annexation Narratives

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Cdn Insight

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1481
    4 Reports

    Purported AI-Generated YouTube Network Reportedly Promoted Alberta Secession and U.S. Annexation Narratives

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Cdn Bulletin

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1481
    4 Reports

    Purported AI-Generated YouTube Network Reportedly Promoted Alberta Secession and U.S. Annexation Narratives

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Canadian Reporter

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1481
    4 Reports

    Purported AI-Generated YouTube Network Reportedly Promoted Alberta Secession and U.S. Annexation Narratives

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Canadian Hub

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1481
    4 Reports

    Purported AI-Generated YouTube Network Reportedly Promoted Alberta Secession and U.S. Annexation Narratives

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Canada Pol Brief

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1481
    4 Reports

    Purported AI-Generated YouTube Network Reportedly Promoted Alberta Secession and U.S. Annexation Narratives

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Canada Insight

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1481
    4 Reports

    Purported AI-Generated YouTube Network Reportedly Promoted Alberta Secession and U.S. Annexation Narratives

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Canada Alert

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1481
    4 Reports

    Purported AI-Generated YouTube Network Reportedly Promoted Alberta Secession and U.S. Annexation Narratives

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A Global Mestery

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1481
    4 Reports

    Purported AI-Generated YouTube Network Reportedly Promoted Alberta Secession and U.S. Annexation Narratives

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Unknown voice synthesis technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1481
    4 Reports

    Purported AI-Generated YouTube Network Reportedly Promoted Alberta Secession and U.S. Annexation Narratives

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Unknown generative AI developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1481
    4 Reports

    Purported AI-Generated YouTube Network Reportedly Promoted Alberta Secession and U.S. Annexation Narratives

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Unknown deepfake technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1481
    4 Reports

    Purported AI-Generated YouTube Network Reportedly Promoted Alberta Secession and U.S. Annexation Narratives

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YouTube viewers

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1481
    4 Reports

    Purported AI-Generated YouTube Network Reportedly Promoted Alberta Secession and U.S. Annexation Narratives

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Truth

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1481
    4 Reports

    Purported AI-Generated YouTube Network Reportedly Promoted Alberta Secession and U.S. Annexation Narratives

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General public of Canada

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1481
    4 Reports

    Purported AI-Generated YouTube Network Reportedly Promoted Alberta Secession and U.S. Annexation Narratives

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General public of Alberta

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1481
    4 Reports

    Purported AI-Generated YouTube Network Reportedly Promoted Alberta Secession and U.S. Annexation Narratives

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Epistemic integrity

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1481
    4 Reports

    Purported AI-Generated YouTube Network Reportedly Promoted Alberta Secession and U.S. Annexation Narratives

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Canadian media ecosystem

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1481
    4 Reports

    Purported AI-Generated YouTube Network Reportedly Promoted Alberta Secession and U.S. Annexation Narratives

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YouTube

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1481
    4 Reports

    Purported AI-Generated YouTube Network Reportedly Promoted Alberta Secession and U.S. Annexation Narratives

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Unknown voice synthesis technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1481
    4 Reports

    Purported AI-Generated YouTube Network Reportedly Promoted Alberta Secession and U.S. Annexation Narratives

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Unknown generative AI systems

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1481
    4 Reports

    Purported AI-Generated YouTube Network Reportedly Promoted Alberta Secession and U.S. Annexation Narratives

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Unknown deepfake technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1481
    4 Reports

    Purported AI-Generated YouTube Network Reportedly Promoted Alberta Secession and U.S. Annexation Narratives

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Social media platforms

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1481
    4 Reports

    Purported AI-Generated YouTube Network Reportedly Promoted Alberta Secession and U.S. Annexation Narratives

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