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Video Reportedly Created with AI Appears to Show Trump Backing Biafra Secession

February 18, 2025

In early 2025, a misleading video emerged on Facebook purportedly featuring U.S. President Donald Trump expressing support for Biafran independence and advocating for the liberation of Nnamdi Kanu, IPOB leader. Upon investigation by fact-checkers, it was discovered that the footage was not authentic; instead, it was based on a 2021 BBC video unrelated to the Biafra conflict. AI manipulation techniques, such as ElonTalks, were employed to generate synthetic audio and visual content from a user-provided script.

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Alleged deployer
unknown
Alleged developer
elontalks
Alleged harmed parties
u.s.-nigeria-relations, nnamdi-kanu, indigenous-people-of-biafra, general-public-of-nigeria, donald-trump, biafra-activists

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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1051

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