DeepfakeHigh
Purported Deepfake of Barack Obama's Detention Reportedly Amplified by Donald Trump via Truth Social
- Occurred
- Jul 20, 2025
- Published
- Jul 21, 2025
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Donald Trump reportedly reposted an AI-generated deepfake video on Truth Social depicting former President Barack Obama being arrested by FBI agents in the Oval Office. The video was reportedly posted first on TikTok and used manipulated footage of a 2016 meeting between Trump and Obama. It reportedly included scenes of Obama kneeling, being handcuffed, and later shown in a prison jumpsuit. The video also reportedly featured edited audio and visual elements drawn from real political statements.
Developers
- Deepfake technology developers
Deployers
- Unknown TikTok user
- Donald Trump
Harmed parties
- Barack Obama
- Office of the President of the United States
- General public
- Epistemic integrity
- Democratic integrity
Tags
- deepfake
- impersonation
- epistemic integrity
- disinformation
- propaganda
- symbolic harm to public figure
- normalization of political violence
- erosion of trust in media
- symbolic domination
- targeted political narrative
- digital authoritarian aesthetics
- spectacle
- misinformation
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 85%
Rationale: AI-generated deepfake video of political figure amplified by public figure, posing significant misinformation risk.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8