Deepfake of Explosion Near US Military Administration Building Reportedly Causes Stock Dip
May 22, 2023
An apparent deepfake image posted by a false Bloomberg news account to Twitter depicted an explosion near the pentagon office complex near Washington DC.
- Alleged deployer
- unknown
- Alleged developer
- unknown
- Alleged harmed parties
- twitter-users, stock-holders, family-of-people-near-pentagon
Source
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