AI-generated deepfake videos of Donald Trump falsely claiming he would liberate Biafra from Nigeria were created using the ElonTalks.com platform and spread widely across Facebook, misleading viewers about statements the US President never made.
In February 2025, artificial intelligence tools were used to create a deepfake video of US President Donald Trump making false statements about liberating Biafra from Nigeria. The video was generated using ElonTalks.com, a website that uses AI to create realistic celebrity voices and videos from templates. The fake video showed Trump appearing to say he would 'liberate the Igbo people of Biafra' and that 'Nnamdi Kanu, the Biafra leader, should be released immediately.' Africa Check investigators traced the video back to an original 2021 BBC video of Trump telling supporters to be peaceful after the Capitol riots, which had been manipulated using AI voice generation technology. The deepfake video was posted on Facebook on February 18, 2025, and spread across multiple Facebook accounts and posts. The video included the ElonTalks.com watermark, identifying the AI platform used to create the content. The false video targeted a sensitive political topic, as Biafra is a region in southeastern Nigeria with ongoing separatist movements, and the Indigenous People of Biafra group has previously used disinformation campaigns on social media. Africa Check confirmed the video was fake by conducting reverse image searches and comparing it to the original BBC footage.
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