A deepfake video falsely depicting Donald Trump making statements about Nigerian politicians Tinubu and Peter Obi was created and widely circulated on social media platforms.
A deepfake video was created that falsely showed Donald Trump making disparaging comments about Nigerian President Tinubu and endorsing Peter Obi. The fabricated video depicted Trump saying 'Tinubu is one of the most clueless presidents Nigeria has ever produced' and recommending Peter Obi as a better leader. The video was widely shared across multiple social media platforms. FactCheckAfrica investigated the video and determined it was a deepfake created using footage from Trump's 2017 presidential interview about his first 100 days in office. The original video had nothing to do with Nigerian politics. The fact-checking organization used reverse image searches through Yandex and Baidu to trace the video back to its original 2017 source from NBC News coverage of Trump's interview. The incident was flagged due to concerns about widespread fabrication of political content that could mislead the public during politically sensitive times.
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Using AI systems to conduct large-scale disinformation campaigns, malicious surveillance, or targeted and sophisticated automated censorship and propaganda, with the aim of manipulating political processes, public opinion, and behavior.
AI system
Due to a decision or action made by an AI system
Intentional
Due to an expected outcome from pursuing a goal
Post-deployment
Occurring after the AI model has been trained and deployed
No population impact data reported.