DeepfakeMedium
Purportedly AI-Generated Jeffrey Epstein Video Reportedly Used by Pro-Iran Accounts to Claim Iran War Was Launched as a Cover-Up
- Occurred
- Mar 3, 2026
- Published
- Mar 10, 2026
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
During the Iran war, anonymous pro-Iran accounts on X including HDX News and GPX News reportedly circulated a purportedly AI-generated Jeffrey Epstein-themed video while claiming it was real and that U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran were launched to distract from Epstein-related material. The Washington Post reported the HDX News post received more than 6.8 million views and GPX News's version received more than 4.7 million before both accounts were suspended by X.
Developers
- Deepfake technology developers
Deployers
- Information manipulation actors
- HDX News
- GPX News
- Pro-Iranian information manipulation actors
Harmed parties
- Jewish people
- General public
- Epistemic integrity
- Donald Trump
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: AI-generated video used to spread disinformation about geopolitical events, causing significant reach but no physical harm.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8