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Incident: AI-Generated Profiles Amplifying Bulgarian Party Posts

February 22, 2026

A network of allegedly fake Facebook profiles, utilizing purportedly AI-generated profile images, has been implicated in the coordinated spread of posts by members of Bulgaria's political party 'There Is Such a People' (ITN) during the pre-election period. Reports suggest these accounts repeatedly shared posts from ITN politician Pavela Mitova and ITN leader Slavi Trifonov, artificially increasing their engagement and visibility on Facebook. This incident underscores the importance of responsible AI governance, ensuring safe and secure AI practices in social media environments. Through JOIN US, you can join the HISPI Project Cerebellum TAIM to learn more about harm prevention strategies and contribute to our efforts in developing guardrails for AI.
Alleged deployer
shte-ima-takuv-narod-(aneliya-yordanova)-(facebook-profile), nikola-savov-(facebook-profile), magdalena-kostova-(facebook-profile)
Alleged developer
unknown-image-generator-developers, unknown-generative-ai-developers, unknown-deepfake-technology-developers
Alleged harmed parties
kelly-gale, ivan-tomanovich, ivan-hristanov, general-public-of-bulgaria, general-public, epistemic-integrity, electoral-integrity, bulgarian-voters, bulgarian-facebook-users

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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1466

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