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United Party for National Development (UPND)

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Incident 10221 Report
Deepfake Video Reportedly Depicts Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema Withdrawing from 2026 Election

2023-10-12

A viral video circulating on social media in October 2023 falsely claimed that Zambian president Hakainde Hichilema announced he would not run in the 2026 elections. Fact-checkers and digital forensics experts confirmed the video was manipulated using basic AI tools. The footage originated from a TikTok account known for AI-generated content.

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@zambian_ai TikTok account

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1022
    1 Report

    Deepfake Video Reportedly Depicts Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema Withdrawing from 2026 Election

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Unknown actors

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1022
    1 Report

    Deepfake Video Reportedly Depicts Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema Withdrawing from 2026 Election

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Unknown deepfake technology developer

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1022
    1 Report

    Deepfake Video Reportedly Depicts Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema Withdrawing from 2026 Election

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Hakainde Hichilema

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1022
    1 Report

    Deepfake Video Reportedly Depicts Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema Withdrawing from 2026 Election

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General public of Zambia

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1022
    1 Report

    Deepfake Video Reportedly Depicts Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema Withdrawing from 2026 Election

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Electoral integrity

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1022
    1 Report

    Deepfake Video Reportedly Depicts Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema Withdrawing from 2026 Election

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Democracy

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1022
    1 Report

    Deepfake Video Reportedly Depicts Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema Withdrawing from 2026 Election

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Unknown deepfake apps

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1022
    1 Report

    Deepfake Video Reportedly Depicts Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema Withdrawing from 2026 Election

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TikTok

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1022
    1 Report

    Deepfake Video Reportedly Depicts Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema Withdrawing from 2026 Election

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