Alleged Deepfake Audio of Imran Khan Calls for Election Boycott, Misleading Pakistan Voters
February 7, 2024
A purported deepfake audio clip, falsely attributed to Imran Khan urging a PTI (Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf) election boycott, circulated on social media on the eve of Pakistan's general elections. This sophisticated AI-generated misinformation aimed to mislead voters, highlighting the growing challenge of digital manipulation in political discourse.
- Alleged deployer
- unknown-social-media-accounts
- Alleged developer
- unknown
- Alleged harmed parties
- voters-in-pakistan, pti-(pakistan-tehreek-e-insaf), imran-khan, democracy
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/648
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