Deepfake France 24 journalist calls Seine water 'unsafe'
A deepfake video falsely depicted a France 24 journalist making statements about the safety of the Seine River water went viral, raising concerns about the cleanliness of the water and serving as a r eminder of the potential dangers of deepfake technology and the importance of combating misinformation. The falsified video claimed that France 24 journalist Catalina Marchant de Abreu had investigated the safety of Paris' water system just weeks before the French capital was set to host the 2024 Olympic Games and said that the Seine was "unsafe" - a statement later rebutted by France 24 as untrue. The video depicted Marchant de Abreu supposedly collaborating with French and American microbiologists to examine the water quality in Parisian hotels. Marchant de Abreu is the host of France 24's Truth or Fake segment, where she investigates disinformation and fake news spread online. The deepfake was exposed account on X/Twitter and attributed to a Russian propaganda campaign designed to undermine the credibility of the Olympic Games in Paris. The deepfake raised concerns about the spread of misinformation, especially regarding public health and safety, and its potential to undermine public trust in legitimate news sources and create confusion. 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 Operator: Developer: Country: France Sector: Media/entertainment/sports/arts; Politics Purpose: Damage reputation Technology: Deepfake - v ideo; Machine learning Issue: Et hics/values; Mis/disinformation
- Date it happened
- 2024-07-01
- Organisation involved
- France 24
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