{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-24T01:59:17.837Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"facebook","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"","evidence":"","year":"","response":"regulatory","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":9,"coverage":{"cases":9,"countries":5,"languages":6,"unknownLocation":2,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":5,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":9,"minors":0,"coreRelations":8,"contextualRelations":0,"mixedRelations":0,"unknownRelations":1,"relationPending":0,"relationUnknown":1},"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":"2023-slovakia-ai-voice-deepfake-of-party-leader-and-journalist-discussing-election-rigging-spread-during-moratorium","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"Len dva dni pred parlamentnými voľbami zdieľali tisíce slovenských používateľov sociálnych sietí podozrivý zvukový súbor, ktorý bol prezentovaný ako rozhovor medzi Michalom Šimečkom, predsedom Progresívneho Slovenska (PS), a Monikou Tódovou, novinárkou Denníka N. ... Na nahrávke hovoria, že voľby 30. septembra budú zmanipulované v prospech PS.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Neznámy dezinformátor alebo dezinformátori vypustili tesne pred voľbami 2023 novú formu hoaxu, ktorý mal potenciál ovplyvniť výsledky hlasovania. Terčom takzvaného deepfaku – počítačom vyrobenej nahrávky – sa stali predseda PS Michal Šimečka a novinárka Denníka N Monika Tódová. V nahrávke zneli ich hlasy tak, akoby sa dohodovali o manipulácii volieb.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Shortly before Slovakia's 2023 parliamentary election, an audio file spread on social media in which the voices of the Progressive Slovakia leader and a Denník N journalist appear to discuss rigging the election.","causal_attribution":"AFP observed the posts and file itself; Denník N reports the same file from its own position as the journalist's employer."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Na základe nášho vyhodnotenia predmetná nahrávka vykazuje viaceré znaky, že je vytvorená umelou inteligenciou pomocou algoritmov umožňujúcich vytvorenie syntetického/umelého hlasu vytrénovaného na hlasoch reálnych osôb (tzv. audio deepfake) ... Preukazuje to tón hlasu, neprirodzená dikcia, výber slov a podobne.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The director of the Interior Ministry's Centre for Countering Hybrid Threats told AFP that the centre's evaluation found several signs that the recording was created with AI algorithms producing a synthetic voice trained on real people's voices, citing tone, unnatural diction and word choice.","causal_attribution":"Government examining unit's assessment as quoted by AFP; its full method is not published."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Viacerí analytici však pre agentúru AFP na základe hneď niekoľkých faktorov zvukového záznamu uviedli, že nahrávka je podvod vytvorený umelou inteligenciou a technológiou syntetického hlasu.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Several analysts consulted by AFP said, on the basis of several features of the recording, that it was a fake created with artificial intelligence and synthetic-voice technology.","causal_attribution":"Expert assessments gathered by AFP; one expert said it could alternatively be spliced from other calls."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"bývalý poslanec strany Sme Rodina, ktorý ho 28. septembra zverejnil na svojom facebookovom účte. ... napísal v príspevku, ktorý nazbieral viac ako 2200 zdieľaní. ... Jeden z príspevkov na Facebooku bol zdieľaný viac ako 3 000-krát pred tým, ako bol odstránený.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"A former member of parliament posted the recording on Facebook on 28 September as authentic and called the party leader a traitor and fraudster, in a post shared more than 2,200 times; another Facebook post was shared more than 3,000 times before removal.","causal_attribution":"AFP's observation of the posts."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Naši súperi vytvorili ďalšie falošné video s hlasom od umelej inteligencie","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The party leader called the recording fake and said his opponents had made another fake video with an AI voice.","causal_attribution":"Depicted person's own statement, relayed by AFP."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Novinárkin advokát Tomáš Kamenec postavil trestné oznámenie na paragrafoch o ohováraní a poškodzovaní cudzích práv. ... Jej trestné oznámenie polícia prvýkrát odmietla už po pár týždňoch. Vyšetrovateľ síce uznal, že išlo o zjavný podvrh, podľa neho však bol málo presvedčivý, a teda nemohol ovplyvniť významnejšiu skupinu voličov. ... S postupom polície sa vtedy nestotožnil ani prokurátor Okresnej prokuratúry Bratislava III, ktorý vyšetrovateľom nariadil prípad riadne prešetriť.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The journalist filed a criminal complaint through her lawyer on defamation and interference with others' rights; police first dismissed it, saying the fake was obvious and unconvincing, and the district prosecutor then ordered a proper investigation.","causal_attribution":"Reported by the journalist's employer; the police and prosecutor decisions themselves were not read."},{"id":"c7","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Vyšetrovateľka Okresného riaditeľstva Bratislava III prerušila trestné stíhanie s vysvetlením, že „sa nepodarilo zistiť skutočnosti oprávňujúce vykonať trestné stíhanie voči konkrétnej osobe“. ... Novinárka Tódová podala prostredníctvom advokátskej kancelárie Paul Q proti tomuto rozhodnutiu sťažnosť.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"After almost a year, an investigator suspended the prosecution because no specific suspect could be identified, and the journalist filed a complaint against that decision.","causal_attribution":"Reported by the journalist's employer."}],"effects":[{"label":"party leader and journalist falsely depicted plotting election fraud; recording spread as genuine; criminal complaint filed","claim_id":"c6","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://fakty.afp.com/doc.afp.com.33WY9LF","kind":"fact_check","access":"read","language":"sk","translation_note":"Read in Slovak by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-22 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. AFP Fakty fact-check published 28 Sep 2023 21:51, updated 29 Apr 2024; direct fetch 403, read in full from an Internet Archive capture (web.archive.org/web/2024id_/).","independence_group":"afp-fakty-sep-2023"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://dennikn.sk/4249286/policia-povedala-ze-nevie-vypatrat-autora-deepfaku-ktory-sa-snazil-ovplyvnit-volby/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"sk","translation_note":"Read in Slovak by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-22 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. Denník N report of 27 Oct 2024; Denník N employs the depicted journalist. Direct fetch 403, read in full from an Internet Archive capture (web.archive.org/web/2025id_/).","independence_group":"dennik-n-oct-2024"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["public_life","justice"],"unknowns":["Who made the recording and with which tool.","How the hybrid-threats centre and the analysts assessed the recording beyond the features they cite.","What happened to the journalist's complaint against the 2024 suspension; later reports were not read for this review."],"geography":{"basis":"AFP reports the file spread among Slovak social-media users before the Slovak parliamentary election, so the event country is Slovakia. The party leader leads a Slovak party and the journalist works for the Slovak daily Denník N and filed her complaint with Slovak police (Denník N), so both are placed in Slovakia. No court proceeding is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["SK"],"affected_person_countries":["SK"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (depicted_or_impersonated): the Slovak Interior Ministry's hybrid-threats centre, which evaluated the recording, said it showed signs of AI synthetic-voice generation, and the imitated voices of a party leader and a journalist were spread as a record of them plotting election fraud. The leader denounced it and the journalist filed a criminal complaint for defamation, which police later suspended for want of a suspect.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-22"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"AFP Fakty quotes the director of the Slovak Interior Ministry's Centre for Countering Hybrid Threats saying that the centre's evaluation of this recording found several signs that it was created with AI algorithms producing a synthetic voice trained on real people's voices, citing tone, unnatural diction and word choice; several analysts consulted by AFP said the same on the basis of features of the recording. The generated voices of the party leader and the journalist were what spread as a supposed record of them plotting election fraud. The tool is not identified, and one expert said the file could alternatively have been spliced from other calls.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Slovakia: audio of a party leader and a journalist discussing vote rigging, which a ministry unit said showed signs of AI, spread before the 2023 election","summary":"Two days before Slovakia's parliamentary election of 30 September 2023, during the pre-election moratorium, an audio file presented as a phone call between Progressive Slovakia leader Michal Šimečka and Denník N journalist Monika Tódová spread on Facebook, Telegram, TikTok and chain e-mails. In it, the two voices discuss rigging the election in the party's favour. The director of the Interior Ministry's Centre for Countering Hybrid Threats told AFP that the ministry's evaluation found several signs that the recording was created with AI synthetic-voice algorithms trained on real people's voices, and other analysts consulted by AFP said it was an AI-made fake. A former member of parliament shared it as authentic, calling Šimečka a traitor and fraudster. Šimečka called it fake. Tódová filed a criminal complaint for defamation; according to Denník N, police first dismissed it, a prosecutor ordered an investigation, and in 2024 an investigator suspended the case because no suspect could be identified.","incidentDate":"2023-09-28","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2023-09-28","aiSystem":"Synthetic-voice (audio deepfake) generation imitating the voices of a party leader and a journalist, according to the Slovak Interior Ministry's Centre for Countering Hybrid Threats and analysts consulted by AFP (tool not identified)","aiProduct":"Unidentified voice-cloning tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to AFP Fakty and Denník N, a party leader and a journalist were falsely depicted, through imitated voices that the Interior Ministry's hybrid-threats centre said showed signs of AI generation, as plotting to rig an election; the file spread widely during the moratorium, a former MP presented it as genuine and called the leader a traitor, the leader denounced it, and the journalist filed a criminal complaint for defamation.","frameworkFacets":[],"pathwayDirection":"outward","causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":2,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"Two depicted people, the party leader and the journalist, each with a reported objection (the leader's public denial reported by AFP; the journalist's criminal complaint reported by Denník N). Voters who heard or shared the file are an audience and are not counted.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"SK","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://fakty.afp.com/doc.afp.com.33WY9LF","primarySourceLabel":"AFP Fakty, 28 Sep 2023: Údajná nahrávka telefonátu predsedu PS a novinárky Denníka N vykazuje podľa expertov početné známky manipulácie","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-22T03:05:17.620696+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-22T03:05:17.620696+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["voice_clone","audio_deepfake","election","journalist","defamation","slovakia"]},{"id":"2025-sweden-authorities-say-ai-made-ads-of-finance-profiles-drew-savers-into-pump-and-dump-frauds","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Över 5 000 svenskar har förlorat sammanlagt en halv miljard kronor i år i så kallade \"pump and dump\"-bedrägerier.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Hittills har över 5 000 svenska småsparare gått miste om en halv miljard kronor i bedrägerierna, enligt Finansinspektionen.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'Enligt Finansinspektionens senaste siffror har omkring 5 000 svenskar drabbats i år och förlorat sammanlagt en halv miljard kronor till bedragarna.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"},{"locator":"'ska enligt den svenska tillsynsmyndigheten FI ha lurat mer än 5 000 svenskar. Totalt uppgår summan till en halv miljard kronor som bedragarna tillskansat sig.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"}],"assertion":"Several outlets, citing Finansinspektionen (the Swedish financial supervisor), reported in October 2025 that more than 5,000 small savers in Sweden had lost a total of about half a billion kronor that year in so-called pump-and-dump share frauds.","causal_attribution":"Finansinspektionen's figure for pump-and-dump frauds as a whole, relayed by several outlets (one origin); it does not say how many of these savers saw an AI-made advert."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'”Vissa privatpersoner har förlorat flera miljoner kronor”, säger Jimmy Kvarnström, chef för avdelningen Marknader på Finansinspektionen (FI), till SVT:s Ekonomibyrån.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"}],"assertion":"A Finansinspektionen head of department told SVT that some private individuals had lost several million kronor.","causal_attribution":"Statement of a supervisory official as relayed from SVT."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'– Det som är skillnad nu är att det är en förfinad metod där man använder sig av senaste tekniken med AI. Jag kan inte gå närmare in på vilka utredningar vi bedriver eftersom det råder förundersökningssekretess, säger Björn Rygart.'; '– Det vi ser nu är en ny typ av tillvägagångssätt, som styrs från utlandet.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"An investigator (kammarkommissarie) at the Swedish Economic Crime Authority told TT that the frauds were a new, refined method using the latest AI technology, run from abroad, and that the investigator could not describe the authority's investigations because of preliminary-investigation secrecy.","causal_attribution":"The investigating authority's attribution of AI use to the method; it does not say how the AI use was established or which tools were used."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Standardförfarandet är ett tips på Facebook där en känd ekonomiprofil berättar om en säker aktieinvestering.'; '– Jag och omkring 15 – 20 andra finansprofiler har använts. Den som luras anmodas att gå med i en whats up-grupp där man kommer få våra bästa aktietips helt utan kostnad'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"According to TV4, the usual pattern began with a tip on Facebook in which a well-known finance profile appeared to recommend a safe share investment; the investor interviewed said those deceived were asked to join a WhatsApp group promising free share tips, and that he and about 15 to 20 other finance profiles had been used.","causal_attribution":"TV4's description and the investor's account; one outlet."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Günter Mårder fick veta att han förekom i sammanhanget när folk började höra av sig till honom.'; '– Det handlade om 30, 40 annonser. Det började komma AI-producerade filmer, där jag pratade och stod inne på redaktionen på Dagens Industri där jag är krönikör'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The investor said he learned of the scheme when people began contacting him, that it involved 30 to 40 adverts, and that AI-produced films appeared in which he spoke in the newsroom of the paper where he is a columnist or in a podcast studio he was associated with.","causal_attribution":"The depicted investor's own description of the adverts, reported by TV4; the films are not shown to have been examined."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'– Hela sommaren gick åt till att hantera alla frågor som kom. Det gör ont eftersom det är inom ett fält där jag och de andra har vår profession.'; 'Jag är besviken på Meta som inte håller rent på sin egen gård.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The investor said that his whole summer went on handling the questions that came in, that it hurt because it concerned his profession and reputation, and that he was disappointed in Meta for not keeping its platform clean.","causal_attribution":"His own account to TV4."},{"id":"c7","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Ekonomijournalisten Gabriel Mellqvist, vars identitet utnyttjats, uttrycker frustration över att Meta, som äger Facebook, inte agerar mot de falska profilerna.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Swedish financial journalist Gabriel Mellqvist is one such profile whose identity has been deepfaked using AI to con investors'; 'frustrated that his professional reputation is being damaged.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'– Jag känner stor frustration. Jag tycker det är bedrövligt att stora bolag inte tar i med hårdhandskarna mot sånt här, säger han till SR Ekot.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"Sveriges Radio reported that a financial journalist's identity had been used in fake Facebook profiles by the fraudsters; its English service said his identity had been deepfaked using AI and that he was frustrated that his professional reputation was being damaged, and he told SR he felt great frustration that large companies such as Meta did not act harder against it.","causal_attribution":"Sveriges Radio's report and its interview with the journalist (Omni relays the same interview); the AI description of his case is SR's English-service wording."}],"effects":[{"label":"savers' losses in pump-and-dump share frauds promoted with finance profiles' likenesses","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"depicted investor's summer spent answering questions and harm to professional reputation","claim_id":"c6","direction":"negative"},{"label":"depicted financial journalist's frustration at damage to professional reputation","claim_id":"c7","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.tv4.se/artikel/6YQRkByHXwnifKU4fHbRN1/finansprofiler-utnyttjas-av-bedragare-5000-svenskar-har-blivit-lurade","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"sv","translation_note":"Read in Swedish by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-17 and translated into English by the research agent (an AI); no human translator or reviewer was involved. TV4 Nyheterna report of 24 October 2025 with its own interview of the investor; read in full (HTTP 200). Its savers figure is unattributed in TV4's text and matches the Finansinspektionen figure other outlets attribute.","independence_group":"tv4-24-oct-2025"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/smasparare-lurade-pa-halv-miljard-bedragare-ai-fejkar-finansprofiler","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"sv","translation_note":"Read in Swedish by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-17 and translated into English by the research agent (an AI); no human translator or reviewer was involved. Sveriges Radio Ekot item of 30 October 2025; the live URL returned HTTP 403 and the Internet Archive capture was read in full (text standfirst of a radio piece).","independence_group":"sveriges-radio-ekot-30-oct-2025"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/thousands-of-small-savers-in-sweden-conned-out-of-millions-in-ai-powered-deepfake-investment-scams","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Sveriges Radio's English service (Radio Sweden) version of 31 October 2025 of the same Ekot report; live URL HTTP 403, Internet Archive capture read in full. Same origin as the Swedish item.","independence_group":"sveriges-radio-ekot-30-oct-2025"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://omni.se/profilen-rasar-mot-meta-jag-kanner-stor-frustration/a/yELAAJ","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"sv","translation_note":"Read in Swedish by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-17 and translated into English by the research agent (an AI); no human translator or reviewer was involved. Omni summary of 30 October 2025 relaying the journalist's interview with SR Ekot and the Finansinspektionen figure; read in full (HTTP 200). Grouped with SR because the quotation is SR's.","independence_group":"sveriges-radio-ekot-30-oct-2025"},{"id":"s5","url":"https://efn.se/ny-avancerad-ai-brottsvag-tusentals-svenskar-lurade-forfinad-metod","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"sv","translation_note":"Read in Swedish by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-17 and translated into English by the research agent (an AI); no human translator or reviewer was involved. EFN report of 26 October 2025 carrying the Economic Crime Authority investigator's statements given to the TT news agency; read in full (HTTP 200).","independence_group":"tt-economic-crime-authority-interview-oct-2025"},{"id":"s6","url":"https://www.dagensps.se/bors-finans/aktier/over-5-000-smasparare-blasta-i-nya-bedrageriet/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"sv","translation_note":"Read in Swedish by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-17 and translated into English by the research agent (an AI); no human translator or reviewer was involved. Dagens PS report of 20 October 2025 relaying SVT Ekonomibyrån's report and the Finansinspektionen official's statement to SVT; read in full (HTTP 200).","independence_group":"svt-ekonomibyran-oct-2025"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["finance","work"],"unknowns":["How many of the savers counted by Finansinspektionen saw an AI-made advert rather than another kind of tip, and their individual losses.","How the Economic Crime Authority established that AI was used, and which tools generated the films or images.","Whether any defrauded saver saw an advert depicting the investor or the journalist interviewed.","Whether Meta removed the adverts, and the outcome of the Economic Crime Authority's investigations."],"geography":{"basis":"Finansinspektionen's figure counts savers in Sweden, and the depicted investor and journalist are Swedish finance figures interviewed by Swedish media. The Economic Crime Authority says the frauds are run from abroad and no source locates the adverts' operation, so event countries are left unknown.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":["SE"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (depicted_or_impersonated): the Economic Crime Authority says the 2025 pump-and-dump frauds against Swedish savers use AI, a depicted investor describes AI-produced films of himself in the adverts and the time and reputational cost to him, and a depicted financial journalist describes damage to his reputation. Finansinspektionen's savers figure is recorded without being tied to the AI adverts, and the AI attribution's technical basis is undisclosed.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-17"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"An investigator at the Swedish Economic Crime Authority, which is investigating these frauds, told TT that the pump-and-dump frauds use a refined method with the latest AI technology. The investor depicted in the adverts says AI-produced films showed him speaking in places associated with him, and that the adverts drew people towards a WhatsApp share-tip group. Finansinspektionen's figures describe the savers' losses. The authority does not say how the AI use was established or which tools were used, and no source examined a particular film.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Sweden: Economic Crime Authority says pump-and-dump share frauds on small savers used AI; an investor describes AI-made adverts of himself","summary":"In October 2025 Swedish media, citing Finansinspektionen, reported that more than 5,000 small savers had lost about half a billion kronor that year in pump-and-dump share frauds, and a Finansinspektionen official said some had lost several million kronor. An investigator at the Economic Crime Authority told TT that the frauds, run from abroad, use a refined method with the latest AI technology. TV4 described the usual pattern as a Facebook tip in which a well-known finance profile appears to recommend a safe investment, leading to a WhatsApp group. The investor Günter Mårder said 30 to 40 adverts and AI-produced films showed him speaking, that about 15 to 20 finance profiles had been used, and that his whole summer went on handling questions. Sveriges Radio reported that the financial journalist Gabriel Mellqvist's identity had been used and that he was frustrated at the damage to his professional reputation and at Meta's inaction. The authority does not say how the AI use was established, and the savers figure is not tied to the AI adverts.","incidentDate":"2025-01-01","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"year","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2025-10-20","aiSystem":"Unidentified tools used by fraudsters to produce films and images imitating well-known Swedish finance profiles in Facebook investment adverts; the Economic Crime Authority describes the method as using AI and names no tool","aiProduct":"Unidentified image and video tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss","reputational_harm","psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Finansinspektionen, as relayed, counts over 5,000 savers who lost about half a billion kronor in 2025 pump-and-dump frauds; a depicted investor says his summer went on answering questions and that it hurt professionally, and a depicted financial journalist describes frustration at damage to his reputation.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":2,"affectedCountStatus":"partial","affectedCountEvidence":"The two depicted finance figures who describe adverse consequences are counted: the investor (TV4) and the financial journalist (Sveriges Radio, relayed by Omni). Finansinspektionen's figure of over 5,000 defrauded savers covers pump-and-dump frauds as a whole and is not tied to the AI adverts saver by saver, so the savers are an unquantified remainder.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"SE","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.tv4.se/artikel/6YQRkByHXwnifKU4fHbRN1/finansprofiler-utnyttjas-av-bedragare-5000-svenskar-har-blivit-lurade","primarySourceLabel":"TV4 Nyheterna, 24 October 2025: finance profiles exploited by fraudsters, 5,000 Swedes deceived","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-17T03:02:11.418899+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-17T03:06:43.830977+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake_advert","investment_fraud","pump_and_dump","finance_profile_likeness","sweden"]},{"id":"2025-sweden-police-say-ai-generated-videos-of-known-doctors-in-health-product-ads-led-to-card-fraud","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Sedan slutet av maj har polisen i region Stockholm fått in flera anmälningar där målsägare blivit lurade i annonsbedrägerier med AI-generade videor föreställande läkare.'; 'De välgjorda filmerna är istället AI-genererade och har skapats av bedragare för att användas i annonser på sociala medier.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Stockholm police said in June 2025 that since the end of May they had received several complaints from people defrauded in advertisement scams using AI-generated videos depicting doctors, and that the videos were AI-generated and made by fraudsters for social media adverts.","causal_attribution":"Stockholm police statement; the police do not say how they established that the videos were AI-generated."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'I klippen ger de råd och förespråkar köp av olika läkemedel eller vitaminer men det är inte de riktiga läkarna'; 'Väl på den bedrägliga hemsidan luras målsägaren att uppge sina kortuppgifter vilket leder till att en betydligt högre summa dras och att även kortuppgifterna stjäls.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"According to the police, the doctors in the clips appear to give advice and recommend medicines or vitamins; viewers who follow the link to a fraudulent site are induced to enter card details, a considerably larger sum is then charged and the card details are stolen.","causal_attribution":"Stockholm police statement describing the complaints."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'I AI-framställda reklamfilmer använder bedragare kända läkare för att komma över svenskars kortuppgifter. Bland profilerna som utnyttjats finns Anders Tegnell och Agnes Wold.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'Professorn Agnes Wold och den tidigare statsepidemiologen Anders Tegnell utnyttjas av bedragare som försöker lura till sig pengar via AI-skapade reklamfilmer, rapporterar Dagens Nyheter.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"Dagens Nyheter reported in June 2025 that fraudsters were using well-known doctors, among them the former state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell and the professor Agnes Wold, in AI-made advertising films to obtain card details.","causal_attribution":"Dagens Nyheter's report (Omni relays it); the AI description of these two doctors' clips is the newspaper's, read alongside the police statement on doctor videos."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'På Facebook finns falska filmer, där det låter och ser ut som att Anders Tegnell medverkar, med Folkhälsomyndighetens logotyp i bakgrunden.'; 'Folkhälsomyndigheten har polisanmält bedrägerierna, och kontaktat företaget Meta, som äger Facebook, med en rättslig begäran om borttagning av de falska filmerna.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The Public Health Agency of Sweden said on 4 July 2025 that fake Facebook films in which the former state epidemiologist appears to speak, with the agency's logo in the background, advertise products said to help with diabetes or asthma; it reported the frauds to the police and sent Meta a legal request to remove the films.","causal_attribution":"The agency's own notice of its complaint and removal request."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Det känns hemskt tråkigt att mitt och myndighetens namn utnyttjas på det här viset, och att bedragare försöker sko sig på utsatta människor som vill ha hjälp med sina hälsoproblem'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Att man använder sig av mig för att lura dem ännu mer känns väldigt dåligt, säger Anders Tegnell.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The former state epidemiologist said it was very sad that his and the agency's name were being exploited and that fraudsters were trying to profit from vulnerable people seeking help for health problems.","causal_attribution":"His own statements (agency notice and SVT interview); one witness."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'– Jag blir vansinnig. Det här går tvärtemot allt jag står för, säger Wold.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'I Agnes Wolds fall ska det handla om preparat mot parasitinfektioner i blodådror.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"}],"assertion":"The professor told Dagens Nyheter of being furious and that the adverts went against everything the professor stands for; in the professor's case the clips reportedly promoted preparations against parasitic infections of the blood vessels.","causal_attribution":"The professor's statements to Dagens Nyheter, relayed by Expressen; one origin."},{"id":"c7","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Polisen hade vid tillfället fått in ett tiotal anmälningar om klippen både från lurade privatpersoner och läkare som utnyttjats.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"SVT, citing Dagens Nyheter, reported that the police had at that time received about ten complaints about the clips, from both defrauded private individuals and doctors whose likeness was used.","causal_attribution":"Police figure given to Dagens Nyheter and relayed by SVT; approximate."},{"id":"c8","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Flera anmälningar har gjorts men utredningarna har lagts ner eftersom man bedömer att brotten begåtts i andra länder.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"Omni, relaying Dagens Nyheter, reported that several complaints had been made but the investigations had been closed because the offences were judged to have been committed in other countries.","causal_attribution":"Dagens Nyheter's account as relayed by Omni; the DN passage itself was behind the paywall."}],"effects":[{"label":"card details stolen and larger sums charged after viewers followed doctor-video adverts","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"},{"label":"depicted doctors' objection to the use of their likeness, and the agency's complaint to police","claim_id":"c4","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://polisen.se/aktuellt/nyheter/stockholm/2025/juni/aibedragerier/","kind":"official_police_statement","access":"read","language":"sv","translation_note":"Read in Swedish by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-16 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. Stockholm police region news item of 9 June 2025; the live URL returned HTTP 404 on 2026-10-16 and the Internet Archive capture of 19 December 2025 was read in full.","independence_group":"stockholm-police-statement-9-jun-2025"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/nyheter-och-press/nyhetsarkiv/2025/juli/varning-for-falska-filmer/","kind":"government_statement","access":"read","language":"sv","translation_note":"Read in Swedish by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-16 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. Public Health Agency of Sweden news notice of 4 July 2025, read in full (HTTP 200).","independence_group":"public-health-agency-notice-4-jul-2025"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/bedragare-anvander-ai-tegnell-i-falsk-reklam","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"sv","translation_note":"Read in Swedish by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-16 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. SVT Nyheter report of 5 July 2025 with its own interview of the former state epidemiologist; its police figures are relayed from Dagens Nyheter. Read in full (HTTP 200).","independence_group":"svt-5-jul-2025"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.dn.se/sverige/bedragare-utnyttjar-kanda-lakare-for-att-lura-svenskar/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"sv","translation_note":"Read in Swedish by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-16 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. Dagens Nyheter report of 19 June 2025; only the headline, standfirst and first quotation were readable before the paywall (HTTP 200).","independence_group":"dn-19-jun-2025"},{"id":"s5","url":"https://omni.se/wold-och-tegnell-anvands-av-bedragare-i-ai-filmer/a/Jb99EP","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"sv","translation_note":"Read in Swedish by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-16 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. Omni summary of 19 June 2025 relaying the Dagens Nyheter report; read in full (HTTP 200). Same origin as the DN report.","independence_group":"dn-19-jun-2025"},{"id":"s6","url":"https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/sverige/falsk-tegnell-i-ai-filmer-folkhalsomyndigheten-varnar/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"sv","translation_note":"Read in Swedish by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-16 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. Expressen report of 4 July 2025 relaying the Public Health Agency notice and the Dagens Nyheter interviews; cited here only for the professor's quotation given to DN, so grouped with DN. Read in full (HTTP 200).","independence_group":"dn-19-jun-2025"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["finance","health","privacy"],"unknowns":["How many people were defrauded and how much each lost; the police statement says several complaints and a relayed figure of about ten includes doctors' own complaints.","How the police established that the videos were AI-generated, and which tool was used.","Whether any defrauded complainant saw a video of the two named doctors specifically.","Whether Meta removed the films."],"geography":{"basis":"The complaints were made to the Stockholm police region, and the depicted doctors are a Swedish agency adviser and a Swedish professor. Dagens Nyheter, as relayed by Omni, says the offences were judged to have been committed in other countries, and no source places the adverts' operation, so event countries are left unknown.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":["SE"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (depicted_or_impersonated): the investigating police state that fraudsters' AI-generated videos of doctors in social media adverts led complainants to fraudulent sites where their card details were taken and larger sums charged, and two depicted doctors and a government agency objected. Counts are partial and the AI attribution's technical basis is undisclosed.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-16"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The Stockholm police, who received the complaints, state that the videos depicting doctors in the social media adverts were AI-generated by fraudsters, and that people who followed the adverts to fraudulent sites gave card details, were charged considerably more and had the details stolen. The Public Health Agency says films imitating the former state epidemiologist's appearance and voice are fake and reported them to police. Neither says how the AI generation was established, and no tool is named.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Sweden: police say AI-generated videos of well-known doctors in social media ads led people to fraudulent sites and card fraud; doctors object","summary":"In June 2025 the Stockholm police region warned that since the end of May it had received several complaints from people defrauded through social media adverts with AI-generated videos depicting doctors, who appeared to give advice and recommend medicines or vitamins. According to the police, viewers who followed the adverts to fraudulent websites were induced to enter card details, after which a considerably larger sum was charged and the details were stolen. Dagens Nyheter reported that the doctors used included the former state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell and the professor Agnes Wold, who told the paper of being furious. In July 2025 the Public Health Agency of Sweden said fake Facebook films imitating its former state epidemiologist were advertising products for diabetes or asthma, that it had reported them to the police and had asked Meta to remove them; he said it was sad that fraudsters were exploiting vulnerable people. Dagens Nyheter, as relayed by Omni, reported that the investigations were closed because the offences were judged to have been committed abroad. The number of defrauded people and their losses are not stated, and the police do not say how the AI generation was established.","incidentDate":"2025-05-01","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2025-06-09","aiSystem":"Unidentified tool used by fraudsters to generate videos imitating the appearance and voices of well-known Swedish doctors in social media adverts, described by the Stockholm police as AI-generated; no tool is named","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss","psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The Stockholm police say complainants who followed the adverts entered card details on fraudulent sites, were charged considerably larger sums and had the details stolen; the two depicted doctors objected publicly and the Public Health Agency reported the films to police.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":2,"affectedCountStatus":"partial","affectedCountEvidence":"The two depicted doctors who objected are counted (the professor's statement to Dagens Nyheter; the former state epidemiologist's statements and the agency's complaint). The defrauded complainants are described only as several (police) and, in a relayed figure that also includes doctors, about ten complaints, so they are an unquantified remainder.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"SE","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"resolved","primarySourceUrl":"https://polisen.se/aktuellt/nyheter/stockholm/2025/juni/aibedragerier/","primarySourceLabel":"Swedish Police Authority (Stockholm), 9 June 2025: several complaints about AI frauds on social media","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-16T03:01:44.793594+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-16T03:01:44.793594+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake_advert","health_product_fraud","card_fraud","doctor_likeness","sweden"]},{"id":"2026-gorakhpur-belipar-woman-ai-obscene-image-posted-on-facebook-blackmail-police-case","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'बेलीपार थाना प्रभारी राजकुमार बरवार ने बताया कि पीड़िता की तहरीर पर आरोपी के खिलाफ FIR दर्ज कर ली गई है। मामले की जांच की जा रही है।'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Belipar police in Gorakhpur district registered a first information report against the accused on the woman's written complaint and are investigating.","causal_attribution":"The station officer's quoted statement in one outlet."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'आरोप है कि युवक ने महिला की फोटो चोरी से खींची थी। बाद में उसे AI से अश्लील बनाकर फेसबुक पर पोस्ट कर दिया।'; 'महिला के मुताबिक, आरोपी ने उस फोटो को AI की मदद से अश्लील बनाया और फेसबुक पर वायरल कर दिया।'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"According to the complaint, the accused secretly photographed the woman, made the photo obscene with AI and posted it on Facebook.","causal_attribution":"The complainant's allegation as reported by one outlet; no examination of the image is described."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'कहा कि युवक फोटो दिखाकर उसे ब्लैकमेल करने लगा और बात करने का दबाव बनाने लगा। विरोध करने पर गाली-गलौज की और रिश्तेदारों को फोटो भेजकर बदनाम करने की धमकी दी।'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"According to the complaint, the accused blackmailed her by showing her the obscene photo, pressured her to talk to him, verbally abused her when she refused and threatened to defame her by sending the photo to relatives.","causal_attribution":"The complainant's allegation as reported by one outlet."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'पीड़िता के मुताबिक, 30 सितंबर को वह अपनी बहन के साथ मायके जा रही थी। इसी दौरान रास्ते में आरोपी ने उसे रोक लिया।'; 'महिला के विरोध करने पर आरोपी ने जान से मारने की धमकी दी और वहां से भाग गया।'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"According to the complaint, on 30 September the accused stopped her on the road while she travelled with her sister and threatened to kill her.","causal_attribution":"The complainant's allegation as reported by one outlet."}],"effects":[{"label":"obscene AI image allegedly made from a covert photo of her and posted on Facebook","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"},{"label":"blackmailed and pressured with the image, with threats to send it to relatives","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.bhaskar.com/local/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur/news/gorakhpur-woman-ai-obscene-photo-blackmail-police-case-139299795.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"hi","translation_note":"Read in the original Hindi on 2026-10-11 (HTTP 200) by the research agent (an AI); English renderings in this record are the research agent's own translations and no human translator reviewed them. Dainik Bhaskar Gorakhpur desk report based on the woman's written complaint (tahrir) and the station officer's statement, published 9 October 2026 at 16:11 IST.","independence_group":"dainik-bhaskar"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy","relationships"],"unknowns":["Whether the image was generated or altered with an AI tool, which rests on the complaint as reported; no examination or tool is described","When the image was posted on Facebook, how widely it circulated and whether it was removed","Any account from the accused","The outcome of the police investigation"],"geography":{"basis":"Event: the complaint was made at Belipar police station, Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh, and the roadside threat happened on her way to her parents' home (the body does not name that place). Affected person: described as living in Belipar. No court is involved.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["IN"],"affected_person_countries":["IN"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a reported single-source case: Dainik Bhaskar describes a registered police complaint by a named-area adult woman alleging that a man made an obscene AI image from a photo he secretly took of her, posted it on Facebook and used it to blackmail her, and quotes the station officer confirming the first information report. All elements are the complainant's allegations; no second report was found. Identity is minimised to the police station area; the accused's name printed by the outlet is not repeated.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-11"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Dainik Bhaskar reports the woman's registered complaint that the accused made a photo he secretly took of her obscene with AI ('आरोपी ने उस फोटो को AI की मदद से अश्लील बनाया और फेसबुक पर वायरल कर दिया'). The image depicts her (depicted_or_impersonated) and, per the complaint, was posted on Facebook and used to blackmail and pressure her. The AI description is the complainant's allegation as reported by one outlet; no examination or tool is described.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh: woman's police complaint alleges a man made an AI obscene image from a photo he took of her, posted it on Facebook and blackmailed her","summary":"Dainik Bhaskar reports that police at Belipar station in Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh, registered a first information report on the complaint of a married woman who alleges that a man she met over her sister's family dispute secretly photographed her, made the photo obscene with AI and posted it on Facebook. According to the complaint, he then used the image to blackmail her and pressure her to talk to him, verbally abused her when she objected, threatened to send the photo to her relatives, and on 30 September stopped her on the road and threatened to kill her. The station officer is quoted as saying the case is under investigation. The report rests on the complaint; the tool and the extent of the Facebook circulation are not described.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-10-09","aiSystem":"AI ('AI की मदद से') used, according to the complaint as reported, to make a covertly taken photo of the woman obscene (tool not identified)","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse","reputational_harm","psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to her complaint as reported by Dainik Bhaskar, a man made an obscene AI image from a photo he secretly took of her, posted it on Facebook, and used it to blackmail and pressure her, threatening to send it to her relatives; she also reports a death threat on 30 September.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person: the complainant, depicted in the alleged image and threatened with it. Her sister and relatives are not counted. She did not use the AI.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"IN","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.bhaskar.com/local/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur/news/gorakhpur-woman-ai-obscene-photo-blackmail-police-case-139299795.html","primarySourceLabel":"Dainik Bhaskar, 9 October 2026: AI-made obscene photo of a woman posted on Facebook in Gorakhpur; complainant says accused pressures her","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-11T03:16:56.917856+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-11T03:16:56.917856+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","intimate-image-abuse","blackmail","facebook","india","uttar-pradesh","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2024-england-man-loses-27000-pounds-to-tbilisi-call-centre-fraud-after-deepfake-broadcaster-crypto-video","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'I watched the video [of] Ben Fogle, like trading,' Mark said, recalling how the clip had promoted a cryptocurrency website called AdmiralsFX. 'So I just bang some details in [and] then I was contacted [by a call centre]. It was a £250 buy-in'; 'Within a month, he had handed over £27,000 – the equivalent of a year's salary'; 'One of those taken in was Mark*'; '* Names have been changed'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The Guardian reported that a man in his 30s from East Anglia, given the pseudonym Mark, watched a video of broadcaster Ben Fogle apparently promoting cryptocurrency trading through a website called AdmiralsFX, entered his details, was then contacted by a call centre, paid a £250 buy-in and within a month had handed over £27,000, which the Guardian described as the equivalent of a year's salary.","causal_attribution":"The man's own account to the Guardian, which changed his name; no bank record or police report was inspected."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Not sure I need to highlight this,' the broadcaster posted on Instagram during the spring of 2024, 'but the deepfake of me from [ITV's] This Morning … circulating on Facebook [and] advertising crypto is a scam.'; 'Fogle's warning showed a fictional news article, linking to a digitally doctored video, but not everybody noticed.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The Guardian described the Fogle clip as a digitally doctored video linked from a fictional news article, and reported that Fogle had posted on Instagram in spring 2024 that a deepfake of him taken from ITV's This Morning was circulating on Facebook advertising crypto and was a scam.","causal_attribution":"The Guardian's characterisation of the video and Fogle's own statement; no forensic examination of the clip is reported."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Analysis of the files suggests at least 6,179 people were duped by an industrial-scale boiler room fraud operating inside three plush-looking offices in Tbilisi'; 'AdmiralsFX, the investment platform Mark had started using, had already prompted a notification by the UK's Financial Conduct Authority stating it had been created by fraudsters \"to scam people\"'; 'Victims of the Georgian scam still frequently cited the deepfakes as the reason they pressed ahead.'; 'Other celebrities whose images were used – including the money expert Martin Lewis and the radio DJ Zoe Ball'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"According to the Guardian's analysis of the leaked files, at least 6,179 people were duped by the Tbilisi call-centre operation, which took about $35m from May 2022; the UK Financial Conduct Authority had already warned that AdmiralsFX had been created by fraudsters; victims frequently cited the deepfakes as the reason they pressed ahead; and images of other public figures, including Martin Lewis and Zoe Ball, were also used in the ads.","causal_attribution":"The Guardian's own analysis of leaked records; the 6,179 figure covers the whole operation and is not a count of people deceived by deepfakes."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Key to the deception was specially built software displaying a seemingly live trading screen featuring financial market tickers, charts and news about Elon Musk. Victims were told they were using AI technology to trade in crypto currencies.'; '\"On the platform, it all looks real, you know? I was making good money,\" Mark said.'; 'Mark said he had tried to send £12,000 from Revolut and HSBC, only for both those banks to block the transfers. His adviser then pointed him towards setting up a new account, which worked.'; 'Mark feels resigned to his own loss and is now attempting to do for others what Fogle tried to do for him'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The Guardian reported that the operation used purpose-built software showing a seemingly live trading screen on which victims were told they were trading crypto with AI technology and saw fake profits; Mark said the platform looked real and that he was making good money, and that when victims asked to withdraw they were met with demands for fees. Mark said two banks blocked a £12,000 transfer and his adviser steered him to open a new account; he later said he was resigned to his loss and was speaking up to warn younger people.","causal_attribution":"The Guardian's account of the leaked material and Mark's interview; the 'AI technology' trading claim is the scammers' sales line, not a described AI system, and is recorded only as part of the deception."}],"effects":[{"label":"a man lost £27,000 to a call-centre investment fraud after a deepfake video of a broadcaster led him to the fraudulent site","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/mar/05/deepfakes-cash-and-crypto-how-call-centre-scammers-duped-6000-people","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-09; no translation was involved and no human reviewer read the article. The Guardian, 5 March 2025, investigation based on a data leak shared by SVT and OCCRP, with the Guardian's own interviews of pseudonymised victims; HTTP 200.","independence_group":"guardian-occrp-svt-leak-investigation-2025-03-05"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["finance","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["When the man watched the video and made his payments; the Guardian dates only Fogle's warning (spring 2024) and the operation (from May 2022).","The tool used to make the video and whether any forensic examination was performed.","Whether the man reported the loss to police or recovered any money.","How many of the operation's victims were drawn in by deepfake ads; the Guardian says frequently but gives no number."],"geography":{"basis":"The Guardian describes the man as from East Anglia (England, GB) and places the operation's call-centre agents, who called and persuaded victims including the man, in offices in Tbilisi, Georgia (GE). No court proceeding is reported; Georgia's prosecutor's office is said to be looking into the network.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["GB","GE"],"affected_person_countries":["GB"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a single-source first-person account relayed by the Guardian in a leak-based investigation: the newspaper interviewed the man under a changed name, describes the broadcaster video he watched as a deepfake, and reports his £27,000 loss and the call-centre mechanism. Every claim is attributed to the man or to the Guardian's analysis, the account is pseudonymous, the event date is left at year precision with the uncertainty stated, and the operation-wide victim figure is not converted into a count.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-09"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The Guardian describes the video the man watched as a deepfake: a digitally doctored clip of broadcaster Ben Fogle, taken from an ITV This Morning appearance, made to promote the AdmiralsFX crypto site; Fogle himself had publicly called it a deepfake in spring 2024. The man told the Guardian he entered his details after watching that video, was then called by the operation and lost £27,000, so the generated video impersonating the broadcaster toward him (depicted_or_impersonated) is the described link to the loss; the Guardian adds that the operation's victims frequently cited the deepfakes as the reason they pressed ahead. The tool is not identified and no forensic examination of the clip is reported, so the status is reported. The scammers' claim that victims were trading with 'AI technology' is a sales line and is not treated as AI involvement.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"England: a man told the Guardian he lost £27,000 to a Tbilisi call-centre fraud after a deepfake video of broadcaster Ben Fogle led him to a crypto site","summary":"A man in his 30s from East Anglia, England, told the Guardian (pseudonym used) that he watched a video of broadcaster Ben Fogle apparently promoting cryptocurrency trading on a site called AdmiralsFX, entered his details, was called by what turned out to be a Tbilisi call centre, paid a £250 buy-in and within a month had handed over £27,000, about a year's salary. The Guardian describes the clip as a deepfake, a digitally doctored video Fogle had publicly warned about in spring 2024. The account was published in March 2025 as part of a Guardian, SVT and OCCRP investigation of a leak from the Georgian operation, which the Guardian says duped at least 6,179 people and whose victims frequently cited the deepfake ads as the reason they went ahead.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2025-03-05","aiSystem":"Deepfake video tool, not identified, said by the Guardian to have produced a digitally doctored video of broadcaster Ben Fogle, taken from an ITV This Morning appearance, promoting a cryptocurrency trading site; Fogle himself called the clip a deepfake","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The man told the Guardian he handed over £27,000, about a year's salary, within a month of watching the deepfake video and being called by the call centre.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person is counted: the man the Guardian interviewed, who says the deepfake video led him to the site and who lost £27,000. The Guardian says victims of the operation frequently cited deepfakes but gives no number for them, and those people are outside this case, which covers only the interviewed man; the 6,179 figure is the newspaper's estimate for the whole fraud and is not tied to the deepfake ads. He was deceived by a video made by others and is not counted as a direct AI user.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"GB","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/mar/05/deepfakes-cash-and-crypto-how-call-centre-scammers-duped-6000-people","primarySourceLabel":"The Guardian, 5 March 2025: how Tbilisi call-centre scammers using deepfake celebrity ads duped 6,000 people (leak investigation with OCCRP and SVT)","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-09T03:36:45.042843+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-11T07:27:44.30428+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","impersonation","investment_fraud","cryptocurrency","facebook","call_centre","united_kingdom","georgia"]},{"id":"2026-ambad-jalna-maharashtra-woman-activist-ai-obscene-images-threats-fir","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'एआयचा गैरवापर करून या महिलेचे अश्लील फोटो आणि व्हिडिओ बनवून ते फेसबुकवर व्हायरल करण्यात आले'; 'समाजकंटकांनी त्यांचे एआय निर्मित अश्लील फोटो आणि व्हिडिओ तयार करून फेसबुकवर पोस्ट केले'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'डीपफेक तंत्रज्ञानाच्या साहाय्याने अत्यंत आक्षेपार्ह आणि अश्लील चित्रांवर, व्हिडिओंवर लावून ते फेसबुक, व्हॉट्सॲप आणि टेलिग्रामवर पसरवण्यात आले'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to the complaint as reported, obscene photos and videos of the woman made with AI were posted on Facebook; Divya Marathi reports that her face was placed on obscene pictures and videos with AI deepfake technology and spread on Facebook, WhatsApp and Telegram.","causal_attribution":"The complainant's allegation as relayed by two outlets (one chain); no tool or forensic finding is reported."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'अत्यंत गलिच्छ भाषेत शिवीगाळ करत बलात्काराच्या आणि जीवे मारण्याच्या धमक्या देण्यात आल्या'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'निनावी फोन कॉल्सवरून त्यांना व त्यांच्या कुटुंबीयांना जीवे मारण्याच्या आणि हातपाय तोडण्याच्या धमक्या देण्यात आल्या'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to the complaint as reported, posts abused the woman in obscene language and threatened rape and death; Divya Marathi also reports anonymous calls threatening to kill her and her relatives.","causal_attribution":"The complainant's allegation; the threats are not attributed to AI."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'मनोज जरांगे पाटील यांच्या भूमिकेवर टीका करणाऱ्या एका महिलेची सोशल मीडियावर अत्यंत खालच्या पातळीवर जाऊन बदनामी करण्यात आल्याचा'; 'अशी उद्विग्न प्रतिक्रिया त्यांनी २६ सप्टेंबर रोजी प्रसारमाध्यमांसमोर दिली होती'; 'मनोज जरांगे पाटील यांच्या काही समर्थकांनी सोशल मीडियावर त्यांना टार्गेट करण्यास सुरुवात केली'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'त्यानंतर त्यांच्याविरोधात सोशल मीडियावर पद्धतशीरपणे बदनामीची मोहीम सुरू झाली'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The woman had criticised the stance of Maratha reservation leader Manoj Jarange Patil, including in remarks to the media on 26 September, and the complaint says some of his supporters then began targeting her on social media.","causal_attribution":"Sequence as stated in the complaint and the reports; who made the AI material is not established."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'या पाच प्रोफाईल धारकांसह इतर ५ ते ६ जणांवर बीएनएस कलम ३५१, ३५६ आणि माहिती तंत्रज्ञान अधिनियमच्या कलम ६७ अन्वये गुन्हा दाखल करण्यात आला आहे'; 'स्क्रीनशॉट्सच्या पुराव्यांसह गुरुवारी (दि. १ ऑक्टोबर) अंबड पोलिस ठाण्यात धाव घेतली'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'इतर 5 ते 6 अज्ञात सोशल मीडिया वापरकर्त्यांवर भारतीय न्याय संहितेच्या संबंधित कलमान्वये आणि माहिती तंत्रज्ञान कायद्यानुसार (IT Act) गुन्हा दाखल करण्यात आला आहे'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The woman went to Ambad police station on 1 October with screenshots, and police registered an FIR against five named profile holders and five to six others under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Information Technology Act.","causal_attribution":"Police action as reported; an FIR records the complaint and does not establish the allegations."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'या सर्व प्रकारामुळे आपली समाजात मोठी बदनामी झाली असून, आपल्या व कुटुंबाच्या जीवितास धोका निर्माण झाल्याचे सांगत'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'यामुळे संपूर्ण कुटुंब प्रचंड मानसिक तणावाखाली असल्याचे त्यांनी सांगितले'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The woman told police she had been badly defamed and that her life and her family's were in danger; Divya Marathi reports her saying the whole family was under severe mental stress.","causal_attribution":"The complainant's own account of the effect of the posts, images and threats together."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'माझ्या सोबत राहणाऱ्यांवर केसेस आणि चौकशांचा ससेमिरा लावला जात आहे'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"After the cases were registered, Manoj Jarange Patil said cases and inquiries were being imposed on the people around him.","causal_attribution":"His reported remark; he is not reported to be an accused and the remark does not address the AI material."}],"effects":[{"label":"obscene photos and videos of a woman, reported as made with AI, were posted on Facebook after she publicly criticised an agitation leader","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"the woman told police she had been badly defamed and that her life and her family's were in danger","claim_id":"c5","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://pudhari.news/maharashtra/marathwada/jalna/case-registered-against-jaranges-supporters-for-trolling-a-woman-np88","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"mr","translation_note":"Read in Marathi by the research agent on 2026-10-05 (Pudhari, Ambad correspondent, published 2 October 2026); no human translator reviewed it. The report follows the complaint and the FIR at Ambad police station; same chain as the other source. The Marathi 'अश्लील' is rendered as obscene and 'बदनामी' as defamation. The report does not name the complainant and calls the complainant a woman; it lists the accused profile names, which are not reproduced. The complainant's quoted remark calls the agitation leader 'दादा' (elder brother), the basis for 'his'.","independence_group":"ambad-police-fir-woman-activist-complaint-2026-10-01"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://divyamarathi.bhaskar.com/local/maharashtra/aurangabad/jalna/news/jalna-manoj-jarange-supporter-defamation-case-ai-photo-controversy-139219344.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"mr","translation_note":"Read in Marathi by the research agent on 2026-10-05 (Divya Marathi, published 2 October 2026); no human translator reviewed it. The report follows the same complaint and FIR; same chain as the other source. It names the complainant and the accused profile holders, which are not reproduced. The web page cuts the opening paragraph off mid-sentence and offers the full item in the outlet's app; the sections below it were read. The page also carries an unrelated Pune item, which is not used.","independence_group":"ambad-police-fir-woman-activist-complaint-2026-10-01"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["Which AI tool was used and who made the photos and videos.","The dates of the individual posts and whether the material has been removed.","Whether any accused has been arrested or questioned, and what the accused say about the posts."],"geography":{"basis":"The complainant is described as a resident of Ambad and the FIR was registered at Ambad police station in Jalna district, Maharashtra, India (Pudhari). No court step is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["IN"],"affected_person_countries":["IN"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter: a woman reports that AI-made obscene photos and videos of her were posted with rape and death threats after she criticised an agitation leader, and police registered an FIR. The account is her complaint as relayed by Pudhari and Divya Marathi (one chain); all claims are reported. The complainant and the accused are not named.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-05"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Pudhari, in its account of the complaint and FIR, reports that obscene photos and videos of the woman were made by misusing AI and posted on Facebook; neither body quotes the police or the complainant on AI. Divya Marathi reports that her face was placed on obscene pictures and videos with AI deepfake technology (depicted_or_impersonated). No tool is named and no forensic finding is reported.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Ambad, Jalna district, Maharashtra: a woman active in the Maratha reservation agitation complained to police that obscene photos and videos of her, which Pudhari and Divya Marathi report were made with AI, were posted on Facebook with rape and death threats after she publicly criticised the agitation's leader; Ambad police registered an FIR against five named profile holders and five to six others, reported on 2 October 2026","summary":"According to Pudhari and Divya Marathi (both 2 October 2026), a 35-year-old woman from Ambad who had been active in the Maratha reservation agitation publicly criticised the stance of its leader, Manoj Jarange Patil, in remarks to the media on 26 September. According to Pudhari's account of her complaint, some of his supporters then targeted her on social media: obscene photos and videos of her made with AI were posted on Facebook, and posts abused her in obscene language and threatened rape and death. Divya Marathi reports that her face was placed on obscene pictures and videos with AI deepfake technology and that the material spread on Facebook, WhatsApp and Telegram. She went to Ambad police station on 1 October with screenshots, saying she had been defamed and that she and her family were in danger. Police registered an FIR against five named profile holders and five to six others under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and section 67 of the Information Technology Act. No arrest is reported.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-10-02","aiSystem":"Unidentified AI tools reported to have been used to make obscene photos and videos of the complainant, described by Divya Marathi as AI deepfake technology that placed her face on obscene pictures and videos","aiProduct":"Unidentified image and video tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm","psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The complainant told police she had been badly defamed and that her life and her family's were in danger after AI-made obscene photos and videos of her and rape and death threats were posted (complaint as reported by Pudhari); Divya Marathi reports her saying the whole family was under severe mental stress.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"partial","affectedCountEvidence":"One woman is reported as depicted in the AI-made obscene photos and videos (Pudhari; Divya Marathi). Abusive posts and threats are also reported against her mother-in-law and relatives; they are not counted because no AI-made material depicting them is reported.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"IN","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://pudhari.news/maharashtra/marathwada/jalna/case-registered-against-jaranges-supporters-for-trolling-a-woman-np88","primarySourceLabel":"Pudhari, 2 October 2026: Case registered against Jarange supporters for trolling a woman","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-05T03:15:37.260211+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T03:15:37.260211+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-generated-sexual-images","deepfake","online-harassment","threats","political-activism","india","maharashtra","jalna","fir","depicted-or-impersonated","marathi-language"]},{"id":"2026-thailand-hai-arpaporn-ai-faked-face-voice-gambling-website-ads-cyber-police-raid","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'มาปลอมแปลงใบหน้าและเสียงของ'; 'เพื่อสร้างคลิปโฆษณาชักชวนประชาชนสมัครสมาชิก เว็บออนไลน์ สร้างความเข้าใจผิดว่าเจ้าตัวเป็นผู้แนะนำเว็บไซต์ ทั้งที่ไม่มีส่วนเกี่ยวข้องแต่อย่างใด'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'ซึ่งใบหน้าและเสียงของบุคคลในคลิปถูกตัดต่อด้วยเทคโนโลยี AI เพื่อให้ผู้ชมเข้าใจว่าบุคคลดังกล่าวคือนักร้องลูกทุ่งชื่อดัง'; 'โดยที่ไม่ได้รับความยินยอมจากบุคคลตัวจริงแต่อย่างใด'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Cyber police say a network used AI to fake Hai Arpaporn Nakhonsawan's face and voice in advertising clips urging people to sign up to an online gambling website, giving the false impression that she recommended it although she had no involvement.","causal_attribution":"Police account relayed by Manager Online; Komchadluek's description matches it (one chain). No tool or forensic detail is reported."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'ทำเอานักร้องลูกทุ่งตัวแม่ต้องไปหาตำรวจไซเบอร์ โดยพบการกระทำความผิดบนแอปพลิเคชันเฟซบุ๊ก ปรากฎคลิป Reels'; 'ได้โพสต์วิดีโอคลิปโฆษณาชักชวนให้ผู้ชมเข้าเล่นพนันออนไลน์'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The clips were Facebook Reels urging viewers to gamble online, and the singer went to the cyber police.","causal_attribution":"Komchadluek's account; the singer is not quoted about the clips."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'คลิปดังกล่าวเชื่อมโยงไปยังเว็บไซต์ KFC888'; 'เว็บไซต์มีเงินหมุนเวียนเฉลี่ยประมาณ 120 ล้านบาทต่อเดือน'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Police traced the clips to the website KFC888, which offered online lottery, foreign stock-index lottery and sports betting, with turnover estimated at about 120 million baht a month.","causal_attribution":"Police figures relayed by Manager Online."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'เจ้าหน้าที่ได้ขอหมายค้นเข้าตรวจค้นเป้าหมาย 2 จุดในกรุงเทพมหานคร'; 'จากกรณีนำข้อมูลหรือภาพที่สร้างขึ้นด้วย AI ซึ่งอาจก่อให้เกิดความเสียหายแก่บุคคลอื่นเข้าสู่ระบบคอมพิวเตอร์'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Police searched two locations in Bangkok, seized computers and documents, and summoned an authorised person of a payment-gateway company to acknowledge charges including a Computer Crime Act offence over AI-created data or images that may damage others.","causal_attribution":"Police action as relayed by Manager Online; no court step is reported."}],"effects":[{"label":"her face and voice were faked with AI in advertising clips for an illegal gambling website, as if she endorsed it","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://mgronline.com/news1/detail/9690000063627","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"th","translation_note":"Read live in Thai on 2026-10-04 (Manager Online, 2 July 2026); the article cites the Royal Thai Police, the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau and its Division 1 as its information source. The article uses the word for online gambling websites in a softened form ('เว็บออนไลน์'); the illegal activities it lists are online lottery, foreign stock-index lottery and sports betting. Researcher translation. Manager Online calls her 'พี่ฮาย' (an honorific that does not mark gender); Komchadluek calls her 'แม่ฮาย' (Mother Hai) and 'ลูกทุ่งตัวแม่', so she/her is used.","independence_group":"thai-ccib-kfc888-statement-2026-07"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.komchadluek.net/entertainment/619240","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"th","translation_note":"Read live in Thai on 2026-10-04 (Komchadluek entertainment section, 1 July 2026). Its account of the clips matches the police account and is treated as the same chain. The page also reports an unrelated message the singer received about underwear, which is not used. Researcher translation. Komchadluek calls the singer 'แม่ฮาย' (Mother Hai) and 'ลูกทุ่งตัวแม่', so she/her is used.","independence_group":"thai-ccib-kfc888-statement-2026-07"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["everyday_life"],"unknowns":["Which AI tool was used and who made the clips.","How many people saw the clips or joined the website after seeing them, and whether any lost money.","Whether anyone has been charged in court and whether the singer filed a formal complaint."],"geography":{"basis":"Thai cyber police searched two locations in Bangkok linked to the website and its payment gateway (Manager Online). Neither source says where the clips were made or where the singer lives; no affected-person country is recorded. No court step is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["TH"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a core case: Thai cyber police say AI was used to fake a well-known singer's face and voice in clips promoting an illegal gambling website, and they searched premises and summoned a company's authorised person to acknowledge charges. She is a public figure and is named as the sources do. One police-derived chain (Manager Online; Komchadluek).","reviewed_on":"2026-10-04"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Manager Online, citing the Royal Thai Police and the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau, says the network used AI to fake the singer's face and voice in advertising clips, and the charges in the summons include a Computer Crime Act offence over AI-created data or images. Komchadluek says the face and voice in the clips were altered with AI. No tool is named. The clips depicted and impersonated the singer (depicted_or_impersonated).","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Thailand: cyber police say an illegal gambling website, KFC888, used AI to fake the face and voice of luk thung singer Hai Arpaporn Nakhonsawan in advertising clips that urged people to sign up, as if she endorsed it; two Bangkok premises searched and a company representative summoned to acknowledge charges, reported 1 to 2 July 2026","summary":"Manager Online reported on 2 July 2026, citing the Royal Thai Police and its Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau, that cyber police had moved against a large online gambling network after finding that it used AI to fake the face and voice of Hai Arpaporn Nakhonsawan, a well-known luk thung singer, in advertising clips that urged people to join the website. The clips gave the false impression that she recommended the site, although she had no involvement. Police traced the clips to the website KFC888, which offered online lottery, foreign stock-index lottery and sports betting, with turnover estimated at about 120 million baht a month. They searched two locations in Bangkok, a residence believed to be linked to the site's executives and an electronic payment-gateway company, seized computers and documents, and summoned an authorised person of the company to acknowledge charges including a Computer Crime Act offence over AI-created images that may damage others. Komchadluek reported on 1 July that the singer went to the cyber police after Facebook Reels clips altered with AI used her face and voice without her consent.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-07-01","aiSystem":"Unidentified AI technology used to fake Hai Arpaporn Nakhonsawan's face and voice in advertising video clips for the KFC888 gambling website, per the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau","aiProduct":"Unidentified video and voice-cloning tool","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Cyber police say AI was used to fake the singer's face and voice in clips promoting an illegal gambling website, creating the false impression that she endorsed it; Komchadluek reports she went to the cyber police and that the clips used her likeness without consent (Manager Online; Komchadluek).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person, Hai Arpaporn Nakhonsawan, whose face and voice were faked (Manager Online; Komchadluek). People who saw the clips or joined the website are not counted; no losses are reported. Exact 1.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"TH","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://mgronline.com/news1/detail/9690000063627","primarySourceLabel":"Manager Online, 2 July 2026: Cyber police pursue 2.5-billion-baht website that used AI to fake Hai Arpaporn's face","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-04T03:29:55.628533+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T03:29:55.628533+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfakes","ai-faked-voice","celebrity-impersonation","online-gambling","facebook-reels","public-figure","thailand","thai-language"]},{"id":"2026-ujjain-shahi-masjid-ai-demolition-videos-crowd-clash-detentions","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Police and security personnel deployed around the mosque faced stone-pelting, following which tear gas shells and a lathi charge were used to disperse the crowd'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'police used tear gas and mild force to disperse protesters who allegedly hurled stones'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s7"}],"assertion":"On 28 September 2026, as a portion of the Shahi Masjid in Ujjain was being removed for a road-widening project, a crowd clashed with police; stones were allegedly thrown at security personnel, and police used tear gas and a lathi charge to disperse the crowd.","causal_attribution":"Police accounts of the clash as reported by the outlets."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'पुलिस का कहना है कि इन फर्जी वीडियो में मस्जिद को पूरी तरह गिराते हुए दिखाया गया'; 'उज्जैन एसपी प्रदीप शर्मा के मुताबिक, सोशल मीडिया पर AI से बनाए गए वीडियो और भड़काऊ पोस्ट ने बड़ी भीड़ जुटाने में भूमिका निभाई'; 'इन वीडियो और दूसरे भड़काऊ पोस्ट के फैलने के बाद बड़ी भीड़ मस्जिद के बाहर जुटी और बाद में पुलिस के साथ झड़प हो गई'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'खुलासा किया है कि मस्जिद के पास बुलडोजर होने वाले फोटो-वीडियो एआई से बनाए गए थे'; 'ऐसे कई फोटो-वीडियो मिले हैं, जिनमें जेसीबी को एड किया गया है'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'AI-generated videos showing the entire Shahi Masjid in Ujjain being demolished helped fuel rumours and mobilise a crowd before clashes broke out at the site on September 28'; 'One of the clips reportedly showed a JCB demolishing the entire mosque'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"}],"assertion":"Ujjain police said that videos made with AI, showing the whole mosque being demolished, and other provocative posts circulated on social media and helped draw the large crowd that later clashed with police; only part of the mosque was being removed.","causal_attribution":"Police attribution, carried by several outlets that all rely on the police account. The videos were not inspected for this review and no outlet reports how the AI attribution was made; the police also blame other posts and a faction of the mosque committee for mobilising the crowd."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'So far, 15 people have been taken into custody and an FIR has been registered against seven people. Social media content creators are also among them'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"},{"locator":"'The police arrested 15 persons and filed eight FIRs across three police stations'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'पुलिस ने अब तक 15 लोगों को हिरासत में लिया है, जबकि कुछ लोगों की गिरफ्तारी भी हुई है'; 'पुलिस ने तीन थानों में 8 FIR दर्ज की हैं, जिनमें 20 लोगों को आरोपी बनाया गया है'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'पुलिस ने आठ केस दर्ज किए हैं'; '15 आरोपितों को पुलिस ने हिरासत में लिया है'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'Some people have been arrested and 15 others detained, while a case has been registered against seven people'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s7"}],"assertion":"Police said 15 people had been taken into custody after the clash and that social media content creators were among those named in an FIR; reports put the total at eight FIRs at three police stations. Aaj Tak and The New Indian Express report that some further people were arrested in addition to the 15, without giving a number.","causal_attribution":"Police figures; the counts of accused differ between outlets (20 in Aaj Tak, more than 30 in Jagran)."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'इस तरह की अफवाहें फैलाने वाले 5 इन्फ्लुएंसरों के खिलाफ FIR भी दर्ज की है'; 'कुल 100 से ज्यादा कंटेंट को डाउन कराया है'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'एआई की मदद से मनगढ़ंत वीडियो और आपत्तिजनक कंटेंट तैयार कर प्रसारित करने पर भी चार युवकों पर अलग से केस दर्ज किया है'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'Five social media influencers, all residents of Ujjain, have been booked by the police'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"Police registered a case against social media influencers accused of making or circulating the fabricated videos (five influencers according to Live Hindustan and The Indian Express, Jagran counts four youths, in a case registered separately from the eight cases over the clash, and the accounts it names overlap with Live Hindustan's five), and said more than 100 pieces of content had been taken down.","causal_attribution":"Police allegations against the accused; no court has ruled."},{"id":"c5","status":"disputed","evidence":[{"locator":"'Six policemen were injured and given primary treatment'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s8"},{"locator":"'sustained an injury to her hand while attempting to stop a group of women'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s7"},{"locator":"'The SP said no one was injured in the incident'","relation":"contradicts","source_id":"s7"}],"assertion":"Reports conflict on whether police officers were injured in the clash: the Free Press Journal reported police saying six policemen were injured and given primary treatment, and The New Indian Express reported an inspector injured in the hand, but also reported the SP saying no one was injured.","causal_attribution":"Conflicting reports; injuries arose from the clash, and the reported link to the videos is the police attribution in c2."}],"effects":[{"label":"a crowd that police say was drawn partly by AI-made videos of the mosque being demolished clashed with police and was dispersed with tear gas and a lathi charge","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"},{"label":"15 people taken into custody and FIRs registered after the clash","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"},{"label":"police officers reported injured, though the SP was also reported saying no one was hurt","claim_id":"c5","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.aajtak.in/madhya-pradesh/story/ujjain-shahi-masjid-ai-video-clashes-police-road-widening-project-ntc-mnrd-smsr-2656003-2026-09-29","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"hi","translation_note":"Read in Hindi on 2026-10-04 (HTTP 200). Researcher translation. Reports remarks by Ujjain SP Pradeep Sharma; the remarks themselves were not heard.","independence_group":"aaj-tak-ujjain-police"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.livehindustan.com/madhya-pradesh/ujjain-shahi-masjid-ai-jcb-fake-video-5-influencers-fir-201790680304218.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"hi","translation_note":"Read in Hindi on 2026-10-04 (HTTP 200). Researcher translation. Quotes SP Pradeep Sharma speaking to the media.","independence_group":"live-hindustan-ujjain-police"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.jagran.com/madhya-pradesh/indore-ujjain-shahi-masjid-row-fir-against-ai-misinformation-spreaders-40388941.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"hi","translation_note":"Read in Hindi on 2026-10-04 (HTTP 200). Researcher translation. Attributes the FIR details to police.","independence_group":"jagran-ujjain-police"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://indianexpress.com/article/india/ujjain-violence-shahi-masjid-madhya-pradesh-police-local-influencers-rumour-10898869/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-04 from an Internet Archive capture (direct fetch HTTP 403). Article dated 29 September 2026; relays police statements and the FIR.","independence_group":"indian-express"},{"id":"s5","url":"https://indianexpress.com/article/india/ujjain-shahi-masjid-part-removed-police-social-media-crackdown-10897636/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-04 from an Internet Archive capture (direct fetch HTTP 403). Article dated 28 September 2026; quotes SP Pradeep Sharma.","independence_group":"indian-express"},{"id":"s6","url":"https://www.freepressjournal.in/indore/ujjain-shahi-masjid-clash-ai-video-showing-entire-mosque-demolition-fuelled-rumours-police-say","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-04 (HTTP 200). Explicitly relays The Indian Express, so it shares that independence group.","independence_group":"indian-express"},{"id":"s7","url":"https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/madhya-pradesh/2026/Sep/28/ujjain-on-edge-after-stone-pelting-on-cops-over-mosque-removal-drive-15-detained-7-booked","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-04 (HTTP 200). Bhopal-datelined report of 28 September 2026.","independence_group":"new-indian-express"},{"id":"s8","url":"https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/ujjain-tense-after-mosque-demolition-drive-10-booked-2500-police-deployed","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-04 (HTTP 200). Attributes the injury figure to police; cites the Hindustan Times for background.","independence_group":"free-press-journal-2026-09-28"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["justice","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["Who made the videos, with what tool, and when they were first posted.","How the police established that the videos were made with AI.","How many people were injured, given the conflicting reports.","Whether any of the people detained made or shared the videos, and the outcome of the FIRs."],"geography":{"basis":"The clash, detentions and FIRs took place in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India (all sources). Where the videos were made is not reported. No court proceeding over the clash is reported; the High Court proceedings concerned the road widening.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["IN"],"affected_person_countries":["IN"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a case in which police attribute a crowd mobilisation and clash, followed by detentions and FIRs, partly to AI-made videos falsely showing a mosque being demolished. The AI link rests on police statements carried by several outlets. Private accused persons are not named.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-04"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Ujjain SP Pradeep Sharma said videos made with AI, showing the whole Shahi Masjid being demolished by a JCB, circulated on social media and helped gather the crowd (Aaj Tak; Live Hindustan, which also reports photos; The Indian Express via the Free Press Journal). Live Hindustan's direct quotation of the SP speaks of morphed photos and a JCB added by editing, and its summary of his remarks attributes the added JCB to AI or editing. Jagran reports a police case over videos fabricated with AI. All of this is police attribution: the videos were not inspected for this review, no outlet describes how the AI attribution was made, and no tool is named. The videos depicted a building, and the people harmed (those detained and the officers reported injured) were not depicted, addressed or decided about by an AI system, so no listed person relation fits (unknown).","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["unknown"]},"name":"India: police in Ujjain said AI-made videos falsely showing the whole Shahi Masjid being demolished helped draw a crowd that clashed with police on 28 September 2026; 15 people were taken into custody and influencers were booked","summary":"On 28 September 2026, as part of Ujjain's Shahi Masjid was being removed for a road-widening project, a crowd clashed with police; stones were allegedly thrown at security personnel and police used tear gas and a lathi charge. Ujjain Superintendent of Police Pradeep Sharma said videos made with AI, showing the entire mosque being demolished, and other provocative posts on social media had helped gather the crowd. Police said 15 people were taken into custody and reports put the total at eight FIRs at three police stations; social media influencers were booked for spreading the videos, and police said more than 100 pieces of content were taken down. Reports conflict on injuries: one outlet reported police saying six policemen were hurt, another reported the SP saying no one was injured.","incidentDate":"2026-09-28","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-09-28","aiSystem":"Videos (and, per one report, photos) that Ujjain police say were made with AI, showing the whole Shahi Masjid being demolished by a JCB, shared on Instagram and Facebook; the tool and its user are not identified","aiProduct":"Unidentified image and video tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["loss_of_liberty","legal_harm","physical_injury"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A crowd that Ujjain police say was drawn partly by AI-made videos of the mosque being demolished clashed with police; 15 people were taken into custody and FIRs registered, and police officers were reported injured, though the SP was also reported saying no one was hurt (Aaj Tak; The Indian Express; The New Indian Express; Free Press Journal).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"unquantified","affectedCountEvidence":"Police say 15 people were taken into custody after the clash (The Indian Express; Aaj Tak; Jagran; The New Indian Express), and Jagran describes them as accused in the eight cases over stone-pelting, obstruction of government work, inciting the crowd, threats and disturbing public order. They are clash suspects; no source links any of them to making, sharing or seeing the AI videos, so they are not counted as people harmed by the videos. Some further unnumbered arrests are reported (Aaj Tak; The New Indian Express). Police officers reported injured are not counted because reports conflict (six per the Free Press Journal; none per the SP as reported by The New Indian Express). No reliable count of people harmed by the videos exists. Unquantified, numeric placeholders 0.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"IN","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.aajtak.in/madhya-pradesh/story/ujjain-shahi-masjid-ai-video-clashes-police-road-widening-project-ntc-mnrd-smsr-2656003-2026-09-29","primarySourceLabel":"Aaj Tak, 29 September 2026: शाही मस्जिद गिराने के AI वीडियो से जुटी थी भीड़, उज्जैन के बवाल पर खुलासा","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-04T03:29:15.835694+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T03:29:15.835694+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-generated-video","misinformation","communal-tension","police","detentions","india","madhya-pradesh","hindi-language"]},{"id":"2026-satara-maharashtra-minister-photo-allegedly-ai-morphed-into-dance-event-fir","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'तंत्रज्ञानाच्या माध्यमातून मॉर्फ करून ते साताऱ्यातील एका नृत्य कार्यक्रमाशी जोडल्याचा आरोप झाल्याने'; 'दोन वेगवेगळ्या घटनांमधील छायाचित्रे एकत्र करून त्यांना चुकीचा संदर्भ देण्यात आला असून, हा प्रकार राजकीय बदनामीच्या उद्देशाने करण्यात आल्याचा आरोप समर्थकांनी केला आहे.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Supporters of the minister alleged that the minister's photograph had been morphed with AI technology and linked to a dance programme in Satara, combining photographs from two different events and giving them a false context, in order to defame the minister politically.","causal_attribution":"The complainants' allegation as reported; the AI alteration is under police investigation."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'संबंधित यूट्यूब चॅनेलवरून शिवेंद्रसिंहराजे भोसले यांचे छायाचित्र कथितरीत्या संपादित करून समाजमाध्यमांवर प्रसारित करण्यात आल्याचे तक्रारीत नमूद करण्यात आले आहे.'; 'सातारा शहर पोलिस ठाण्यात धाव घेत संबंधित यूट्यूब चॅनेलविरोधात तक्रार दाखल केली.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"According to the complaint, the photograph was allegedly edited and circulated on social media from a YouTube channel, and supporters filed a complaint against the channel at Satara city police station.","causal_attribution":"Content of the complaint as reported."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'भारतीय न्याय संहिता (BNS) 353 (2), 356(2), 3(5) आणि माहिती तंत्रज्ञान कायदा (IT Act) 67 अन्वये गुन्हा नोंदवण्यात आला आहे'; 'एआयच्या माध्यमातून छायाचित्रात नेमका कोणता फेरफार करण्यात आला, पोस्ट कोणी तयार केली आणि ती समाजमाध्यमांवर कोणी प्रसारित केली, याचा तपास झाल्यानंतरच'; 'सातारा शहर पोलीस अधिक तपास करत आहेत'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Police registered a case against four social media handles and account holders under BNS sections 353(2), 356(2) and 3(5) and IT Act section 67, and Satara city police are investigating; Divya Marathi says the facts will become clear only after investigation of what alteration was made to the photograph with AI and who created and circulated the posts.","causal_attribution":"Divya Marathi's report of the registered case; no finding is reported."}],"effects":[{"label":"a photo of the minister, allegedly morphed with AI, was circulated linking the minister to a dance event, which supporters call political defamation","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://divyamarathi.bhaskar.com/local/maharashtra/kolhapur/news/shivendrasinhraje-bhosale-ai-morphed-photo-controversy-satara-police-138972326.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"mr","translation_note":"Read live in Marathi on 2026-10-03 (Divya Marathi, Satara, 8 September 2026). The visible lead paragraph is truncated by a paywall overlay; its continuation was read from the article content embedded in the same page (also repeated in the page description). Researcher translation.","independence_group":"divya-marathi-satara"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["everyday_life"],"unknowns":["Whether the image was made with an AI tool or with ordinary photo editing, and which tool.","When the image was first posted and how widely it spread.","Whether the minister commented (the article embeds a post from the minister's Facebook page that could not be retrieved), and whether anyone was arrested or charged."],"geography":{"basis":"The image linked the minister to a dance programme in Satara, Maharashtra, and the complaint and case were registered at Satara city police station (Divya Marathi). Where the posts were made from is not stated. No court is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["IN"],"affected_person_countries":["IN"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a core case: a photograph of a state minister, allegedly morphed with AI, was circulated linking the minister to a dance event, and police registered a case on a defamation complaint. The minister is a public figure and is named as the source does. One report; the AI element is the complainants' allegation and is under investigation.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-03"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Divya Marathi reports an allegation that the photograph was morphed through artificial intelligence (AI) technology. The supporters' warning refers to misuse of 'AI or photo editing' technology, and the complaint describes photographs from two different events combined. The report says the AI alteration is still under investigation. No tool is named and the image was not inspected. The image depicts the minister (depicted_or_impersonated).","status":"suspected"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Satara, Maharashtra: supporters of Public Works minister Shivendrasinhraje Bhosale allege that the minister's photo was morphed with AI to link the minister to a dance event and spread on social media; police registered a case against four social media accounts in September 2026","summary":"Divya Marathi reported on 8 September 2026 that supporters of Public Works minister Shivendrasinhraje Bhosale alleged that the minister's photograph had been morphed using artificial intelligence and linked to a dance programme in Satara. According to the complaint, the photo was allegedly edited and circulated on social media from a YouTube channel, combining photographs from two different events and giving them a false context; supporters said this was done to defame the minister politically. Supporters, including the municipal council president and the BJP group leader, went to Satara city police station on Tuesday and complained against the YouTube channel. On a named complainant's first information report, police registered a case against four social media handles and account holders under sections 353(2), 356(2) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and section 67 of the Information Technology Act. Police accepted the complaint and began examining the posts, the photographs and the circumstances; Divya Marathi says the facts will become clear only after an investigation of what alteration was made to the photograph with AI and who created and spread the posts.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-09-08","aiSystem":"A photograph of the minister allegedly morphed with AI and linked to a dance event, circulated by a YouTube channel and social media accounts, per the complaint as reported by Divya Marathi; supporters also speak of 'AI or photo editing'. The tool is not named","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool (suspected)","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Supporters of the minister allege that a photo of the minister, morphed with AI, was circulated on social media linking the minister to a dance event with which the minister had no connection, in order to cause political defamation; police registered a case (Divya Marathi).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person, the minister depicted in the allegedly morphed photograph (Divya Marathi). Supporters who complained are not counted. Exact 1.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"IN","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://divyamarathi.bhaskar.com/local/maharashtra/kolhapur/news/shivendrasinhraje-bhosale-ai-morphed-photo-controversy-satara-police-138972326.html","primarySourceLabel":"Divya Marathi, 8 September 2026: एआय मॉर्फिंगवरून साताऱ्यात राजे समर्थक आक्रमक","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-03T03:17:54.900038+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-03T03:17:54.900038+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-morphed-image","public-figure","politician","defamation-complaint","youtube","facebook","maharashtra","satara","marathi-language"]}]}