Many Purported Political Deepfakes Reportedly Circulating in Run-up to 2024 Pakistani General Elections
February 8, 2024
During Pakistan's 2024 general elections, purportedly AI-generated deepfakes of a politically motivated nature were circulated. These deepfakes reportedly portrayed political figures in misleading contexts, spreading misinformation and aiming to influence voter perceptions and election outcomes.
- Alleged deployer
- pakistani-political-parties, misinformation-networks, disinformation-spreaders, misinformation-spreaders
- Alleged developer
- unknown-deepfake-technology-developers, unknown-voice-cloning-technology-developers
- Alleged harmed parties
- rana-atif, raja-bashara, naeem-haider-panjutha, imran-khan, general-public, general-public-of-pakistan, democracy, truth, epsitemic-integrity, electoral-integrity
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/671
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