Deepfake Video Targets Paul Vallas on Eve of Chicago Mayoral Election
February 27, 2023
On the eve of Chicago's mayoral election, a deepfake video impersonating candidate Paul Vallas was posted to Twitter, showing a fake audio of him making inflammatory statements. The video was viewed thousands of times before being taken down. The Vallas campaign condemned the video, calling it a deceptive impersonation.
- Alleged deployer
- chicago-lakefront-news
- Alleged developer
- unknown-deepfake-creators
- Alleged harmed parties
- paul-vallas, paul-vallas's-campaign, chicago-voters
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