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Deepfake Video Reportedly Depicts U.S. Congressman Rob Wittman Endorsing Military Support for Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party
- Occurred
- Dec 29, 2023
- Published
- Dec 29, 2023
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
A deepfake video is reported to have falsely depicted U.S. Congressman Rob Wittman endorsing military support for Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party candidates in the 2024 presidential election. Shared on TikTok, the video is reported to have undermined Taiwanese voter confidence in the DPP by alleging U.S. interference. Fact-checking from AFP finds Wittman never made the statements attributed to him.
Developers
- Deepfake technology developers
Deployers
- Unknown actors in China
Harmed parties
- Taiwanese voters
- Rob Wittman
- Democratic Progressive Party
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: Synthetic media falsely depicts a politician endorsing military support, undermining voter confidence without causing physical harm.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8