DeepfakeHigh
Many Purported Political Deepfakes Reportedly Circulating in Run-up to 2024 Pakistani General Elections
- Occurred
- Feb 8, 2024
- Published
- Feb 12, 2024
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
During Pakistan's 2024 general elections, purportedly AI-generated deepfakes of a politically motivated nature were circulated. These deepfakes reportedly portrayed political figures in misleading contexts, spreading misinformation and aiming to influence voter perceptions and election outcomes.
Developers
- Deepfake technology developers
- Synthetic audio generation technology developers
Deployers
- Pakistani political parties
- Misinformation networks
- Misinformation spreaders
- Information manipulation actors
Harmed parties
- Rana Atif
- Raja Bashara
- Naeem Haider Panjutha
- Imran Khan
- General public
- General public of Pakistan
- Epsitemic integrity
- Epistemic integrity
- Democratic integrity
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 85%
Rationale: AI-generated deepfakes used to spread misinformation and influence election outcomes constitute a significant democratic threat.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8