Deepfakes Circulating and Eroding Electoral Integrity in the Lead-up to 2024 South Korean legislative election
February 19, 2024
In the lead-up to Korea's parliamentary elections, at least 129 deepfake videos and images were reported to have been detected, violating new election laws. These AI-generated deepfakes were used to mislead and manipulate public opinion, prompting a crackdown by the National Election Commission.
- Alleged deployer
- unknown-political-operatives, unknown-political-groups
- Alleged developer
- unknown-political-operatives, unknown-political-groups
- Alleged harmed parties
- yoon-suk-yeol, korean-voters, journalism, electoral-integrity, democracy
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