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Investigative Journalist Rana Ayyub Targeted by AI-Generated Deepfake Pornography
- Occurred
- Apr 20, 2018
- Published
- May 11, 2020
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Investigative journalist Rana Ayyub was targeted by a deepfake porn campaign, where AI-generated explicit content falsely depicted her in a pornographic video. This was part of a broader effort to discredit and silence her, which included a doxxing attack that exposed her personal information that resulted in severe harassment and emotional distress.
Developers
- Deepfake technology developers
Deployers
- Deepfake creators
Harmed parties
- Rana Ayyub
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: AI-generated explicit content used to harass and discredit a journalist constitutes a deepfake incident with significant personal harm.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8