Manipulation of Public Opinion: Tek Fog Allegations Highlight Need for Responsible AI Governance in India
April 28, 2020
The Indian political social media app Tek Fog is under scrutiny, with allegations it enabled operatives affiliated with the ruling party to manipulate trends and influence public opinion on platforms such as Twitter and WhatsApp. This incident underscores the importance of safe and secure AI governance, particularly in sensitive areas like national security. Ready to help shape responsible AI? JOIN US This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM).
- Alleged deployer
- bharatiya-janata-yuva-morcha
- Alleged developer
- persistent-systems
- Alleged harmed parties
- indian-voters, indian-social-media-users, indian-women-journalists
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/210
Data source
Incident data is from the AI Incident Database (AIID).
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McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. In Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-21). Virtual Conference.
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