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Senior Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong Allegedly Misrepresented in Two Deepfake Videos on Foreign Relations

June 21, 2024

Two deepfake videos falsely depicted Senior Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong commenting on US-China relations and the South China Sea. The videos misleadingly attributed views to him and the Singapore government. Posted on TikTok, the videos amassed over 190,000 views before being removed.
Alleged deployer
unknown-actors-impersonating-lee-hsien-loong
Alleged developer
unknown-deepfake-technology-developers, unknown-voice-cloning-technology-developers
Alleged harmed parties
lee-hsien-loong, government-of-singapore, singapore-united-states-relations, singapore-china-relations, diplomacy

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/988

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