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Deepfake Video Reportedly Depicts Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema Withdrawing from 2026 Election
- Occurred
- Oct 12, 2023
- Published
- Oct 31, 2023
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
A viral video circulating on social media in October 2023 falsely claimed that Zambian president Hakainde Hichilema announced he would not run in the 2026 elections. Fact-checkers and digital forensics experts confirmed the video was manipulated using basic AI tools. The footage originated from a TikTok account known for AI-generated content.
Developers
- Deepfake technology developers
Deployers
- @zambian_ai TikTok account
- Unknown actors
Harmed parties
- Hakainde Hichilema
- General public of Zambia
- United Party for National Development (UPND)
- Democratic integrity
Tags
- Deepfake
- Impersonation
- Zambia
- Elections
- Misinformation
- Disinformation
- Synthetic media
- Africa
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: AI-manipulated video of a political leader spreading misinformation, confirmed by fact-checkers.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8