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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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