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AI-Generated Deepfakes Reportedly Derailed Political Career of Florida Official

Occurred
Feb 5, 2021
Published
Jul 31, 2024
Source
AI Incident Database

Summary

Sabrina Javellana, a Florida politician, was reportedly targeted with AI-generated deepfake pornography in February 2021, which was spread online, leading to severe emotional distress and her eventual withdrawal from public life.

Developers

  • Deepfake technology developers

Deployers

  • Deepfake creators

Harmed parties

  • Sabrina Javellana

Classification

Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%

Rationale: AI-generated deepfake pornography caused severe emotional distress and ended a political career.

Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8

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