DeepfakeHigh
Deepfakes Circulating and Eroding Electoral Integrity in the Lead-up to 2024 South Korean legislative election
- Occurred
- Feb 19, 2024
- Published
- Feb 19, 2024
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
In the lead-up to Korea's parliamentary elections, at least 129 deepfake videos and images were reported to have been detected, violating new election laws. These AI-generated deepfakes were used to mislead and manipulate public opinion, prompting a crackdown by the National Election Commission.
Developers
- Political groups
- Information manipulation actors
Deployers
- Political groups
- Information manipulation actors
Harmed parties
- Yoon Suk-yeol
- South Korean voters
- Democratic integrity
- Journalistic integrity
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: 129 deepfakes detected violating election laws, causing significant public manipulation and regulatory crackdown.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8