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Alleged Deepfake Disinformation Broadcast by Russian State TV Blames Ukraine for Moscow Attack
2024-03-23
Russian state media is reported to have broadcast deepfaked videos of Ukrainian officials, notably fabricating a video of Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine admitting to orchestrating the Crocus City Hall terror attack in Moscow. The effort appears to be a bid to wrongly assign blame for the incident, which ISIS-K has officially claimed.
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The Arizona Agenda Produced a Deepfake of Kari Lake Advocating for the Publication Without Her Consent
2024-03-22
The Arizona Agenda produced a deepfake video of Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake giving a testimonial about the publication with the seeming intention of educating the general public about the dangers of deepfakes in the coming election cycle. However, the Arizona Agenda appears not to have sought Lake's consent, prompting a cease-and-desist letter from her campaign.
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Deepfakes Circulating and Eroding Electoral Integrity in the Lead-up to 2024 South Korean legislative election
2024-02-19
In the lead-up to Korea's parliamentary elections, at least 129 deepfake videos and images were reported to have been detected, violating new election laws. These AI-generated deepfakes were used to mislead and manipulate public opinion, prompting a crackdown by the National Election Commission.
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