AI incident ·
Purportedly AI-Generated Facebook Pages Allegedly Targeted Australian Rules Football Club Geelong Cats With Fabricated Harmful Claims
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In brief
An AI system built by Synthetic Media Generation Technology Developers, Synthetic Image Generation Technology Developers and 1 other and deployed by Synthetic Media Creators, Information Manipulation Actors In Australia and 1 other allegedly harmed Social Media Users, Residents Of Geelong Victoria and 8 others.
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- Not classified
- Occurred
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- 1 report
What happened
Purportedly AI-generated Facebook pages reportedly published false stories about the Geelong Football Club, including fabricated criminal allegations, illnesses, deaths, and a nonexistent bushfire evacuation warning. The club reported the pages to Meta, which later removed at least one page after complaints, while other misleading content reportedly remained online.
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News reports (1)
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Who was involved
- Alleged deployer
- Synthetic Media Creators, Information Manipulation Actors In Australia, Information Manipulation Actors
- Alleged developer
- Synthetic Media Generation Technology Developers, Synthetic Image Generation Technology Developers, Deepfake Technology Developers
- Alleged harmed party
- Social Media Users, Residents Of Geelong Victoria, General Public Of Australia, General Public, Geelong Football Club, Geelong Cats Players, Geelong Cats Fans, Geelong Cats, Facebook Users, Epistemic Integrity
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Source record: incident #1594 on the AI Incident Database · all 1 report