DeepfakeHigh
Alleged Deepfake Audio Depicts Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Ordering Military Action
- Occurred
- Apr 24, 2024
- Published
- Apr 25, 2024
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
A purported deepfake audio clip portraying Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordering an attack on China spread online in July 2024, fueling tensions in the West Philippine Sea. The Presidential Communications Office reportedly debunked it as fake, attributing it to foreign actors.
Developers
- Deepfake technology developers
- Synthetic audio generation technology developers
Deployers
- Unknown actors targeting Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
- Unknown actors
Harmed parties
- Philippines-China relations
- Philippines
- Government of the Philippines
- General public of the Philippines
- General public of China
- General public
- Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
Tags
- deepfake
- political disinformation
- audio
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: Synthetic audio used to deceive and incite international tension, debunked by government.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8