Purported Deepfake Video Allegedly Claims Kyiv's Assassination Plan Against President Emmanuel Macron
February 13, 2024
A purported deepfake video reportedly claimed France 24 reported a Kyiv plot to assassinate French President Macron. This reported fake news was debunked by France 24, which confirmed the video was altered and did not air any such report.
- Alleged deployer
- vkontakte, russian-media-outlets, pro-russian-telegram-channels, pro-kremlin-actors
- Alleged developer
- unknown-deepfake-technology-developers, unknown-voice-cloning-technology-developers
- Alleged harmed parties
- julien-fanciulli, general-public, france-24, general-public-of-france, epistemic-integrity, truth, ukraine-france-relations, national-security-and-intelligence-stakeholders
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/643
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