Manipulated Deepfake Video of Lai Ching-te Endorsing Rivals in Lead-up to January Presidential Elections
December 16, 2023
In the lead-up to Taiwan's presidential election in January 2024, a deepfake video circulated showing candidate Lai Ching-te endorsing his rivals. Taiwanese intelligence issued warnings of intensified Chinese disinformation campaigns aimed at manipulating the election outcome.
- Alleged deployer
- people's-liberation-army, chinese-communist-party, base-311
- Alleged developer
- people's-liberation-army, chinese-communist-party, base-311
- Alleged harmed parties
- taiwanese-voters, lai-ching-te, electoral-integrity, democratic-progressive-party, democracy
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