Deepfake videos using Synthesia spread disinformation in Mali
Fake videos with computer-generated voiceovers and deepfake avatars have been circulating on social media in Mali. One video, created using the Synthesia platform, shows a fake news presenter claiming France paid Malian parties to boycott a national consultation. The video was seen over 900,000 times on Facebook. Synthesia banned the user who created the video for violating its terms of service.
- Date it happened
- 2021-12-27
- Product, system or model
- Synthesia
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