A Purported Deepfake of Senator Elizabeth Warren Circulates Allegedly Saying Republicans Should Not Vote

February 20, 2023

In February 2023, a questionable deepfake video of Senator Elizabeth Warren appeared on social media platforms. The manipulated footage, apparently from an MSNBC interview, falsely portrayed her as advocating that Republicans should abstain from voting.

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Alleged deployer: unnamed-deepfake-creator, twitter, tiktok
Alleged developer: unknown-deepfake-technology-developers, unknown-voice-cloning-technology-developers
Alleged harmed parties: republicans, msnbc, general-public, elizabeth-warren, election-integrity, democrats, democracy

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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/679

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