AI incident ·
Reported AI-Generated Videos Placed Kosovo Parliamentary Candidates in Purportedly Fabricated Campaign Scenes
In brief
An AI system built by Meta, Deepfake Technology Developers and 2 others and deployed by Synthetic Media Creators, Information Manipulation Actors In Kosovo and 3 others allegedly harmed Voters In Kosovo, Voters and 8 others.
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- Occurred
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- 1 report
What happened
Videos reported as AI-fabricated circulated on Facebook during Kosovo's June 2026 parliamentary campaign, placing Albin Kurti, Vjosa Osmani, Lumir Abdixhiku, and other candidates in staged scenes of party camaraderie and personal degradation.
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News reports (1)
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Who was involved
- Alleged deployer
- Synthetic Media Creators, Information Manipulation Actors In Kosovo, Information Manipulation Actors, Diasporamekryeministrin, Deepfake Creators
- Alleged developer
- Meta, Deepfake Technology Developers, Synthetic Media Generation Technology Developers, Synthetic Video Generation Technology Developers
- Alleged harmed party
- Voters In Kosovo, Voters, Vjosa Osmani, Lumir Abdixhiku, Kosovo Parliamentary Candidates, General Public Of Kosovo, General Public, Epistemic Integrity, Democratic Integrity, Albin Kurti
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Source record: incident #1523 on the AI Incident Database · all 1 report