{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-07T07:05:41.491Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"clinician-impersonation","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"core","evidence":"","year":"","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":1,"coverage":{"cases":1,"countries":0,"languages":1,"unknownLocation":1,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":1,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":0,"minors":0,"coreRelations":1,"contextualRelations":0,"mixedRelations":0,"unknownRelations":0,"relationPending":0,"relationUnknown":0},"countingNote":"Distinct public cases in this selection. People counts apply within individual cases only; cross-case person overlap has not been resolved. No population incidence estimate.","affectedCountNote":"Interpret person counts with affectedCountStatus and the reported effects. Unquantified zeros are placeholders, not a measured zero.","source":"AI incidents","publisher":"NOPE","url":"https://nope.net/incidents","license":"CC BY 4.0"},"incidents":[{"id":"2026-antwerp-university-professor-deepfake-video-advertises-prostate-remedy","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'De Universiteit Antwerpen waarschuwt voor een deepfakevideo waarin vaccinoloog en epidemioloog Pierre Van Damme reclame lijkt te maken voor een middel tegen prostaatproblemen'; 'kondigt presentator Xavier Taveirne vanuit een valse televisiestudio een nieuw middel tegen prostaatproblemen aan. Vervolgens lijkt Van Damme ongeveer 2 minuten lang het product aan te prijzen'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The University of Antwerp warned of a deepfake video in which its professor, a vaccinologist and epidemiologist, appears to advertise a remedy for prostate problems; in the video a presenter announces the product from a fake television studio and the professor then appears to praise it for about two minutes.","causal_attribution":"The university's warning and the broadcaster's description of the video; the video itself was not inspected by the research agent."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Ik heb deze video nooit opgenomen'; 'Mijn gezicht, mijn stem en mijn naam worden zonder mijn toestemming gebruikt om een vermeende behandeling tegen prostaatproblemen te promoten. De video probeert kijkers te misleiden'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The professor says he never recorded the video, that his face, voice and name are being used without his consent to promote a purported prostate treatment, and that the video tries to mislead viewers.","causal_attribution":"The professor's own statement as quoted by VRT NWS."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'De professor kreeg verschillende berichten van mensen die de video hadden gezien. Sommigen vroegen hem zelfs of ze hun bestaande medische behandeling moesten stopzetten'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The professor received several messages from people who had seen the video, some of whom asked him whether they should stop their existing medical treatment.","causal_attribution":"Reported by the broadcaster from the professor's account; no viewer is described as having stopped treatment."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'De universiteit meldde het filmpje bij Meta'; 'weigerde de video te verwijderen. Ook na een 2e melding bleef Meta bij dat standpunt. Na een 3e poging werd het filmpje wel van 1 pagina verwijderd'; 'Van Damme en UAntwerpen bekijken verdere juridische stappen'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The university reported the video to Meta, which first said it was not clear the content was unlawful and refused removal, kept that position after a second report, and removed the video from one page after a third attempt; the university says identical or similar videos probably still circulate, and the professor and university are considering further legal steps.","causal_attribution":"The university's account of its reports to Meta and Meta's replies, as reported by VRT NWS; Meta is not quoted directly."}],"effects":[{"label":"professor's face, voice and name used without his consent, by his account, in a generated video endorsing a prostate remedy","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"},{"label":"viewers who saw the video asked the professor whether to stop their existing medical treatment","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"},{"label":"Meta refused two removal requests before removing the video from one page; similar copies believed still circulating","claim_id":"c4","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2026/10/06/uantwerpen-waarschuwt-voor-deepfakevideo-met-pierre-van-damme/","kind":"national_news","access":"read","language":"nl","translation_note":"Read in Dutch: the full VRT NWS article on vrt.be (also checked against its MSN syndication). Passages were translated by the research agent, an AI; no human translator reviewed them.","independence_group":"vrt-nws"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["health"],"unknowns":["Who made the video, with what tool, and on which pages and for how long it circulated.","The product being advertised and whether anyone bought it or stopped treatment after seeing the video.","Whether the presenter shown in the video was also depicted without consent; the article records no statement from him.","Whether a complaint or other legal step has been filed."],"geography":{"basis":"The article does not say where the video was made or where the Facebook pages that carried it are run, so no event country is recorded. The affected person is identified as a professor at the University of Antwerp, which the university's own warning places in Belgium (BE).","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":["BE"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published on the university's public warning and the professor's own statement, reported by the public broadcaster, that a generated video uses his face, voice and name to endorse a prostate remedy, with the reported viewer messages and Meta's refusals as the described consequences. Single source; all claims reported; the professor and presenter are public figures named in the university's warning; no private person is identified.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-07"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The university describes the video as a deepfake and the professor says he never recorded it and that his face, voice and name are used in it to promote a purported prostate treatment; the article describes the generated content (about two minutes of apparent endorsement after a presenter's introduction from a fake studio). That generated depiction is the harm: the professor's likeness endorses a product without his consent, and viewers who saw it asked him whether to stop treatment. No tool or maker is identified, and the account rests on the university's warning and the professor's statement as reported by one broadcaster.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"University of Antwerp says a deepfake video uses a professor's face, voice and name to advertise a prostate remedy; viewers asked him whether to stop treatment","summary":"VRT NWS reported on 6 October 2026 that the University of Antwerp had warned of a deepfake video in which one of its professors, a vaccinologist and epidemiologist, appears to advertise a remedy for prostate problems. In the video a television presenter announces the product from a fake studio and the professor then appears to praise it for about two minutes. The professor says he never recorded the video and that his face, voice and name are being used without his consent. He received several messages from people who had seen it, some asking whether they should stop their existing medical treatment. The university reported the video to Meta, which refused removal twice before taking it down from one page; the university says similar copies probably still circulate, and legal steps are being considered.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-10-06","aiSystem":"A video the university describes as a deepfake ('deepfakevideo'), showing the professor apparently endorsing a prostate remedy for about two minutes after a presenter introduces it from a fake television studio; no tool or maker is identified","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The professor's face, voice and name were used without his consent, by his account, in a generated video endorsing a purported prostate remedy; viewers then asked him whether to stop their own treatment, and Meta refused removal twice.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"One person: the professor whose likeness the university and he himself say was used without consent. The presenter shown in the video is not counted because the article records no statement about his depiction, and the viewers who sent messages are not counted as harmed.","victimAgeRange":"adult","platformType":"other","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2026/10/06/uantwerpen-waarschuwt-voor-deepfakevideo-met-pierre-van-damme/","primarySourceLabel":"VRT NWS, 6 October 2026: \"UAntwerpen waarschuwt voor deepfakevideo waarin viroloog Pierre Van Damme reclame maakt voor medicijn\"","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-07T03:20:03.617216+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-07T03:20:03.617216+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","health-misinformation","impersonation","clinician-impersonation","advertising","facebook","takedown","dutch-language-source"]}]}