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Yoon Suk-yeol

Incidents Harmed By

Incident 6731 Report
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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Incidents involved as Deployer

Incident 2025 Report
Korean Politician Employed Deepfake as Campaign Representative

2021-12-06

A South Korean political candidate created a deepfake avatar which political opponents alleged to be fraudulent and a threat to democracy.

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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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Yoon Suk-yeol's campaign

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 202
    5 Reports

    Korean Politician Employed Deepfake as Campaign Representative

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unknown

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 202
    5 Reports

    Korean Politician Employed Deepfake as Campaign Representative

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Korean public

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 202
    5 Reports

    Korean Politician Employed Deepfake as Campaign Representative

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Unknown political operatives

Incidents involved as both Developer and Deployer
  • Incident 673
    1 Report

    Deepfakes Circulating and Eroding Electoral Integrity in the Lead-up to 2024 South Korean legislative election

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Unknown political groups

Incidents involved as both Developer and Deployer
  • Incident 673
    1 Report

    Deepfakes Circulating and Eroding Electoral Integrity in the Lead-up to 2024 South Korean legislative election

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Korean voters

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 673
    1 Report

    Deepfakes Circulating and Eroding Electoral Integrity in the Lead-up to 2024 South Korean legislative election

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Journalism

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 673
    1 Report

    Deepfakes Circulating and Eroding Electoral Integrity in the Lead-up to 2024 South Korean legislative election

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Electoral integrity

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 673
    1 Report

    Deepfakes Circulating and Eroding Electoral Integrity in the Lead-up to 2024 South Korean legislative election

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Democracy

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 673
    1 Report

    Deepfakes Circulating and Eroding Electoral Integrity in the Lead-up to 2024 South Korean legislative election

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