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Purported AI-Generated Video Depicting Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Using Drugs Shared by Rodrigo Duterte Supporters and Amplified by China-Linked Spamouflage

July 21, 2024

A purported deepfake video, aimed at discrediting Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., was shared by Rodrigo Duterte's ally Claire Contreras at a Maisug rally in Los Angeles. The video was reportedly timed to undermine Marcos prior to his State of the Nation Address. However, Philippine authorities confirmed it as a fake. Remarkably, the spread of this video appears to have been amplified by China's Spamouflage network through coordinated inauthentic accounts on X and YouTube.

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Alleged deployer
spamouflage, rodrigo-duterte-supporters, government-of-china, claire-contreras
Alleged developer
unknown-deepfake-technology-developers
Alleged harmed parties
philippines-china-relations, government-of-the-philippines, general-public-of-the-philippines, ferdinand-marcos-jr., epistemic-integrity, national-security-and-intelligence-stakeholders

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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1129

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