AI incident #1522 ·
Reported AI-Generated Videos Allegedly Posed as Kosovo Election Vox Pops Before June 7, 2026 Vote
What happened
Videos reported as AI-generated were allegedly circulated by Gazeta Bota and Peja LIVE on Facebook before Kosovo's June 7, 2026 elections, posing as citizen interviews and media reports. The clips reportedly manufactured voter sentiment by presenting synthetic interviewees as real citizens in Kosovo media-style election reports.
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News reports (1)
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Who was involved
- Alleged deployer
- Deepfake Creators, Information Manipulation Actors, Information Manipulation Actors In Kosovo, Gazeta Bota, Peja Live
- Alleged developer
- Deepfake Technology Developers, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers, Synthetic Video Generation Technology Developers
- Alleged harmed party
- General Public, General Public Of Kosovo, Voters, Voters In Kosovo, Democratic Integrity, Journalistic Integrity, Epistemic Integrity, Facebook Users, Facebook Users In Kosovo, Social Media Users
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