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Proliferation of Deepfakes Disrupting 2024 Lok Sabha Elections

Occurred
Dec 27, 2023
Published
Dec 27, 2023
Source
AI Incident Database

Summary

Digital manipulators in India are using deepfake technology to influence the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. These AI-generated videos and audio clips are designed to tarnish the reputations of political candidates, challenging the integrity of electoral processes.

Developers

  • The Indian Deepfaker
  • The Digital Publicity
  • Rohit Pal
  • Obiyan Infotech
  • Merakii Group

Deployers

  • Political candidates of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections

Harmed parties

  • Political candidates targeted by deepfakes
  • Indian electorate
  • India
  • Democratic integrity

Tags

  • variant:unreviewed

Classification

Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 85%

Rationale: Deepfake technology is being used to disrupt elections by spreading synthetic media to damage candidate reputations.

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

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