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Deepfake Recordings Allegedly Influence Slovakian Election

October 7, 2023

Days before Slovakia's election, deepfake audio recordings surfaced, allegedly featuring conversations between a journalist and a leading liberal politician discussing vote-rigging and other controversial topics. The recordings were spread on social media platforms and may have influenced the election outcome, which saw the pro-Russian populist party winning.
Alleged deployer
unknown
Alleged developer
unknown
Alleged harmed parties
slovakian-electorate, monika-todova, michal-simecka, democratic-process-in-slovakia

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/573

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