Deepfake Belgium PM links COVID-19 with climate crisis
A fake video created by climate activist group Extinction Rebellion of Belgian Prime Minister Sophie Wilmès claiming that COVID-19 was directly linked to the 'explo itation and destruction by humans of our natural environment,' prompted concerns about the increasing use of deepfakes in politics. Named ' THE TRUTH ABOUT COVID-19 AND THE ECOLOGICAL CRISIS ', the video was published on Facebook and garnered over 100,000 views within 24 hours. The clip was published with a disclaimer saying 'Any resemblance to actual persons is intentional. This video may be fake, but the information it contains is genuine.' Deepfake Deepfakes (a portmanteau of ' deep learning ' and 'fake') are images, videos, or audio which are edited or generated using artificial intelligence tools, and which may depict real or non-existent people. They are a type of synthetic media. Source: Wikipedia 🔗 System 🤖 Unknown Documents 📃 Extinction Rebellion Belgium Tell the Truth Operator: Climate Exchange Belgium Developer: Climate Exchange Belgium Country: Belgium Sector: Politics Purpose: Mobilise supporters Technology: Deepfake - video; Machine learning Issue: Mis/disinformation; Ethics/values Investigations, assessments, audits 🧐 Deepfaked. Extinction Rebellion post deepfake of Belgian Prime Minister
- Date it happened
- 2020-04-01
- Organisation involved
- Extinction Rebellion Belgium
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