Spain's People's Party Reportedly Published Purported Deepfakes Featuring Fabricated Admissions of Misconduct

Summary

Spain's conservative People's Party reportedly circulated an AI-generated video impersonating the prime minister's wife and Socialist figures making apparent admissions of misconduct. Former Socialist party member Leire Díez filed a defamation complaint; her lawyers alleged insults, anxiety requiring treatment and isolation at home with her daughters. The party reportedly defended the video as political criticism. Its AI disclosure was reportedly small and faint.

Developers

• Voice cloning technology developers
• Synthetic video generation technology developers
• Synthetic media technology developers
• Synthetic audio generation technology developers
• Deepfake technology developers

Deployers

• Synthetic media creators
• political organizations
• People's Party (Spain)
• Partido Popular
• Deepfake creators

Harmed parties

• Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
• Social media users
• Santos Cerdán
• Public figures
• Politicians in Spain
• Politicians
• political organizations
• Partido Socialista Obrero Español
• Montse Mínguez
• Leire Díez
• José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
• José Luis Ábalos
• Impersonated public figures
• Epistemic integrity
• Democratic integrity
• Begoña Gómez