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'Citizens Against Mamdani' Accounts Reportedly Posted AI-Generated Videos of Fictional New Yorkers to Simulate Political Opposition
- Occurred
- Nov 5, 2025
- Published
- Nov 21, 2025
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
In New York, linked "Citizens Against Mamdani" accounts reportedly posted AI-generated videos of fictional constituents criticizing then-mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani across Instagram, TikTok, and X. Some videos reportedly displayed a visible Sora watermark, and forensic reviewers reportedly assessed at least one clip as highly likely to be a deepfake. The campaign reportedly appeared to simulate grassroots opposition and drew substantial engagement.
Developers
- OpenAI
- Deepfake technology developers
- Synthetic audio generation technology developers
Deployers
- Unknown social media account operators
- Information manipulation actors
- Citizens Against Mamdani social media accounts
- Citizens Against Mamdani
- Information manipulation actors targeting Zohran Mamdani
Harmed parties
- Zohran Mamdani
- Voters in New York
- General public of New York
- Epistemic integrity
- American social media users
- Democratic integrity
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: AI-generated videos used to simulate political opposition constitute deepfake misuse with moderate impact.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8