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Synthesia

Incidents Harmed By

Incident 4865 Report
AI Video-Making Tool Abused to Deploy Pro-China News on Social Media

2022-12-01

Synthesia's AI-generated video-making tool was reportedly used by Spamouflage to disseminate pro-China propaganda news on social media using videos featuring highly realistic fictitious news anchors.

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Incidents involved as Developer

Incident 4865 Report
AI Video-Making Tool Abused to Deploy Pro-China News on Social Media

2022-12-01

Synthesia's AI-generated video-making tool was reportedly used by Spamouflage to disseminate pro-China propaganda news on social media using videos featuring highly realistic fictitious news anchors.

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Incident 4873 Report
Deepfake Video Featured Fictitious News Anchors Discussing Venezuela's Economy

2023-02-15

Video featuring fictitious news anchors was created using Synthesia to allegedly spread disinformation about Venezuela's economy on social media and Venezuelan state-run broadcast.

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Incident 10911 Report
Purported Synthesia Avatars Used in Alleged Pro-Junta Deepfake Video Supporting Ibrahim Traoré in Burkina Faso

2023-01-23

In January 2023, AI-generated videos began circulating on WhatsApp and social media showing avatars of purported American pan-Africanists expressing support for Burkina Faso's military junta. The videos were created using the Synthesia platform. Synthesia later confirmed the videos violated its terms of service and banned the user. The source of the videos remains unidentified. The clips were shared widely

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Incidents implicated systems

Incident 10911 Report
Purported Synthesia Avatars Used in Alleged Pro-Junta Deepfake Video Supporting Ibrahim Traoré in Burkina Faso

2023-01-23

In January 2023, AI-generated videos began circulating on WhatsApp and social media showing avatars of purported American pan-Africanists expressing support for Burkina Faso's military junta. The videos were created using the Synthesia platform. Synthesia later confirmed the videos violated its terms of service and banned the user. The source of the videos remains unidentified. The clips were shared widely

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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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Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 487
    3 Reports

    Deepfake Video Featured Fictitious News Anchors Discussing Venezuela's Economy

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Venezuelan people

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 487
    3 Reports

    Deepfake Video Featured Fictitious News Anchors Discussing Venezuela's Economy

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Entity

social media users

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 487
    3 Reports

    Deepfake Video Featured Fictitious News Anchors Discussing Venezuela's Economy

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Entity

Spamouflage Dragon

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 486
    5 Reports

    AI Video-Making Tool Abused to Deploy Pro-China News on Social Media

  • Incident 486
    5 Reports

    AI Video-Making Tool Abused to Deploy Pro-China News on Social Media

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YouTube users

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 486
    5 Reports

    AI Video-Making Tool Abused to Deploy Pro-China News on Social Media

  • Incident 486
    5 Reports

    AI Video-Making Tool Abused to Deploy Pro-China News on Social Media

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Twitter Users

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 486
    5 Reports

    AI Video-Making Tool Abused to Deploy Pro-China News on Social Media

  • Incident 486
    5 Reports

    AI Video-Making Tool Abused to Deploy Pro-China News on Social Media

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Facebook users

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 486
    5 Reports

    AI Video-Making Tool Abused to Deploy Pro-China News on Social Media

  • Incident 486
    5 Reports

    AI Video-Making Tool Abused to Deploy Pro-China News on Social Media

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Unknown actors

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1091
    1 Report

    Purported Synthesia Avatars Used in Alleged Pro-Junta Deepfake Video Supporting Ibrahim Traoré in Burkina Faso

  • Incident 1091
    1 Report

    Purported Synthesia Avatars Used in Alleged Pro-Junta Deepfake Video Supporting Ibrahim Traoré in Burkina Faso

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Pro-Ibrahim Traoré information ecosystem

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1091
    1 Report

    Purported Synthesia Avatars Used in Alleged Pro-Junta Deepfake Video Supporting Ibrahim Traoré in Burkina Faso

  • Incident 1091
    1 Report

    Purported Synthesia Avatars Used in Alleged Pro-Junta Deepfake Video Supporting Ibrahim Traoré in Burkina Faso

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Truth

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1091
    1 Report

    Purported Synthesia Avatars Used in Alleged Pro-Junta Deepfake Video Supporting Ibrahim Traoré in Burkina Faso

  • Incident 1091
    1 Report

    Purported Synthesia Avatars Used in Alleged Pro-Junta Deepfake Video Supporting Ibrahim Traoré in Burkina Faso

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General public of Burkina Faso

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1091
    1 Report

    Purported Synthesia Avatars Used in Alleged Pro-Junta Deepfake Video Supporting Ibrahim Traoré in Burkina Faso

  • Incident 1091
    1 Report

    Purported Synthesia Avatars Used in Alleged Pro-Junta Deepfake Video Supporting Ibrahim Traoré in Burkina Faso

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WhatsApp

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1091
    1 Report

    Purported Synthesia Avatars Used in Alleged Pro-Junta Deepfake Video Supporting Ibrahim Traoré in Burkina Faso

  • Incident 1091
    1 Report

    Purported Synthesia Avatars Used in Alleged Pro-Junta Deepfake Video Supporting Ibrahim Traoré in Burkina Faso

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Social media

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1091
    1 Report

    Purported Synthesia Avatars Used in Alleged Pro-Junta Deepfake Video Supporting Ibrahim Traoré in Burkina Faso

  • Incident 1091
    1 Report

    Purported Synthesia Avatars Used in Alleged Pro-Junta Deepfake Video Supporting Ibrahim Traoré in Burkina Faso

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