{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-27T06:26:07.947Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"health-product","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"core","evidence":"","year":"","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":7,"coverage":{"cases":7,"countries":0,"languages":5,"unknownLocation":7,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":3,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":0,"minors":0,"coreRelations":7,"contextualRelations":0,"mixedRelations":0,"unknownRelations":0,"relationPending":0,"relationUnknown":0},"countingNote":"Distinct public cases in this selection. People counts apply within individual cases only; cross-case person overlap has not been resolved. No population incidence estimate.","affectedCountNote":"Interpret person counts with affectedCountStatus and the reported effects. Unquantified zeros are placeholders, not a measured zero.","source":"AI incidents","publisher":"NOPE","url":"https://nope.net/incidents","license":"CC BY 4.0"},"incidents":[{"id":"2026-albanian-cardiologist-and-journalist-impersonated-in-likely-ai-generated-videos-selling-hypertension-capsules","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Faqja në Facebook Dr. Spiro Qirko ( arkiva ) ka publikuar një video në të cilën pretendohet se ka zbuluar një ilaç për shërimin e hipertensionit.'; 'Intervista pretendohet se zhvillohet nga gazetari Ilir Topi (intervistuesi) me doktor Spiro Qirko'; '‘Hyper Caps’ është produkti që pretendohet të jetë zbuluar nga kardiologu dhe se i njëjti shëron hipertensionin.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"A Facebook page in the cardiologist's name published a video claiming he had discovered a cure for hypertension, and a second video presented as an interview of him by the journalist, promoting a product called Hyper Caps.","causal_attribution":"Krypometer's description of the page and videos; not inspected by the reviewer."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Krypometër ka testuar këtë video përmes HIVEModeration , platformë që detekton përmbajtjet e krijuara me Inteligjencë Artificiale dhe nga rezultatet e saj del se videoja ka një probabilitet prej 96.4% se është e gjeneruar me AI gjithashtu edhe fjalimi'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Krypometer tested the video with the AI-content detector Hive Moderation, which gave a 96.4% probability that the video and the speech were AI-generated.","causal_attribution":"The fact-checker's own analysis; a detector probability, not a confirmation of the tool used."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'të cilët e kanë mohuar të kenë të bëjnë diçka me këtë profil apo me përmbajtjen e kësaj videoje.'; '“Është e gjeneruar me AI, fake.”- ka thënë Topi.'; '“Ndjehem shumë i fyer për këtë mashtrim shumë të shëmtuar që spekulohet në mënyrë më të ndyrë dhe të paprecedent me emrin dhe personalitetin tim. Është tepër kriminale.”- ka thënë Qirko'; 'Qirko ka thënë se asnjeherë nuk ka rekomanduar ilaçe bimore për të trajtuar hipertensionin.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Both depicted men told Krypometer they had nothing to do with the page or the video; the journalist said it was AI-generated and fake, and the cardiologist said he felt deeply offended by the fraud and had never recommended herbal remedies for hypertension.","causal_attribution":"The depicted men's own statements to Krypometer."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'rezulton se produkti ‘Hyper Caps’ nuk është në listën e barërave me Autorizim Marketingu.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Hyper Caps is not on the Kosovo medicines agency's list of products with marketing authorisation.","causal_attribution":"Krypometer's search of the agency list; the list itself was not inspected."}],"effects":[{"label":"cardiologist and journalist impersonated without consent in AI-assessed videos selling an unauthorised hypertension product; both disowned them","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://kallxo.com/krypometer/keqperdorimi-i-emrit-te-kardiologut-shqipetar-dhe-gazetarit-nga-shqiperia-per-te-shitur-ilace-per-hipertension/","kind":"fact_check","access":"read","language":"sq","translation_note":"Albanian article read on 2026-10-27 through the publisher's own WordPress search feed (kallxo.com/feed/?s=Qirko, full post content), because the article page returns a Cloudflare challenge; translated by the research agent (an AI). Locators are verbatim Albanian.","independence_group":"kallxo-krypometer"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["health","finance","public_life"],"unknowns":["When the videos were first posted and how widely they circulated.","Who made the videos and the page, and which AI tool was used.","Whether anyone bought the product, and whether the page was removed."],"geography":{"basis":"The article describes the cardiologist as a cardiologist from Albania and the journalist as from Albania (title). It checks the product against Kosovo's marketing-authorisation list but does not say where the page was run or whom it targeted, so no event country is recorded. No court is involved.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":["AL"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published because a fact-checker's detector analysis assessed the videos as AI-generated, the videos used the two men's likenesses to sell an unauthorised product, and both men disowned them, the cardiologist saying he was deeply offended. All details are attributed to Krypometer's report.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-27"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Krypometer reports that it ran the video through the AI-content detector Hive Moderation, which gave a 96.4% probability that the video and the speech were AI-generated, and the journalist depicted in it called it AI-generated. The generated likenesses of the two men are what promoted the product in their names and what they disowned. The tool used and the maker are not identified, and a detector score is a probability.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Fact-checkers say videos impersonating an Albanian cardiologist and a journalist to sell hypertension pills were likely AI-made; both men disowned them","summary":"A Facebook page in the name of the Albanian cardiologist Dr. Spiro Qirko published a video claiming he had discovered a cure for hypertension, and a second video presented as an interview of him by the journalist Ilir Topi, promoting a product called Hyper Caps. Kallxo's fact-checking unit Krypometer, in an article of 30 March 2026, reports that it ran the video through the AI-content detector Hive Moderation, which gave a 96.4% probability that the video and the speech were AI-generated, and that Hyper Caps is not on the Kosovo medicines agency's list of products authorised for marketing. Both men told Krypometer they had nothing to do with the page or the video. The journalist said it was AI-generated and fake, and the cardiologist said he felt deeply offended by the fraud and had never recommended herbal remedies for hypertension. Who made the videos, how widely they circulated and whether anyone bought the product are not reported.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-03-30","aiSystem":"Unnamed AI video and voice generation tool used to make videos of a likeness of the cardiologist, including a staged interview with a journalist, assessed by Krypometer with Hive Moderation as 96.4% likely AI-generated","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A cardiologist and a journalist were impersonated without consent in videos assessed as AI-generated that promoted an unauthorised hypertension product; both disowned the videos and the cardiologist said he felt deeply offended (reported).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":2,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"Two people: the cardiologist and the journalist depicted in the videos, who both told Krypometer they had nothing to do with the page or the video, the cardiologist saying he felt deeply offended by the fraud (Kallxo Krypometer). Exact 2. No buyer or viewer harm is reported and none is counted.","victimAgeRange":"adult","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://kallxo.com/krypometer/keqperdorimi-i-emrit-te-kardiologut-shqipetar-dhe-gazetarit-nga-shqiperia-per-te-shitur-ilace-per-hipertension/","primarySourceLabel":"Kallxo Krypometer, 30 March 2026: misuse of an Albanian cardiologist's and journalist's names to sell hypertension medicine (Albanian)","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-27T03:05:46.137601+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-27T03:05:46.137601+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake-advert","health-product","impersonation","depicted-or-impersonated","fact-check"]},{"id":"2026-paris-hospital-professor-ai-deepfake-videos-advertise-antiparasite-product","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'« L’AP-HP et Sorbonne Université ont pris connaissance de la diffusion de trois vidéos publiées sur le réseau social Facebook utilisant l’image et la notoriété du Pr Renaud Piarroux (…) faisant la promotion d’un produit présenté comme permettant de débarrasser l’organisme de ses parasites »'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Victime de ce montage, le Pr Renaud Piarroux, spécialiste de parasitologie à l’hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière (XIIIe arrondissement de Paris) et professeur à Sorbonne Université, a vu son image et sa voix utilisées à son insu pour vendre un « produit miracle ».'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'\"Trois vidéos publiées sur le réseau social Facebook\" utilisent l’image et \"la notoriété du Pr Renaud Piarroux, spécialiste de parasitologie de l’hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière AP-HP, faisant la promotion d’un produit présenté comme permettant de débarrasser l’organisme de ses parasites.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"AP-HP and Sorbonne Université said on 5 October 2026 that three videos published on Facebook used the image and standing of Professor Renaud Piarroux, a parasitology specialist at the Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital in Paris, to promote a product presented as ridding the body of parasites.","causal_attribution":"The institutions' communiqué as relayed by two outlets; the videos were not inspected by the reviewer."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Elles sont formelles, « il s’agit incontestablement d’un montage réalisé par intelligence artificielle en utilisant la voix et l’image de ce médecin », mis en ligne « sans son consentement ».'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Il s’agit incontestablement d’un montage réalisé par intelligence artificielle en utilisant la voix et l’image de ce médecin, et qui a été mis en ligne évidemment sans son consentement'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The two institutions stated that the videos were unquestionably a montage made with artificial intelligence using the doctor's voice and image, put online without his consent.","causal_attribution":"The institutions' characterisation; no tool or creator is identified."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Face à cette usurpation d’identité, l’AP-HP a déposé plainte et saisi Meta, la maison mère de Facebook, pour obtenir le retrait des contenus. Les vidéos incriminées ont bien été supprimées, mais d’autres, similaires, ont depuis refait surface sur le réseau social.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'L'AP-HP annonce avoir déposé plainte et saisi Meta, maison mère de Facebook, pour le retrait de ces vidéos, qui \"ont depuis été supprimées\", précise-t-elle.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"AP-HP filed a complaint and asked Meta to remove the videos. The videos were removed, but similar ones later reappeared on Facebook, according to Le Parisien.","causal_attribution":"Reported from the communiqué; the reappearance is reported by Le Parisien only. The complaint's recipient and status are not stated."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'La vidéo truquée qui s’ouvre sur une fausse'; 'présentatrice du 20 Heures de TF1 elle aussi usurpée par l’IA, qui introduit le « témoignage » d’une femme de 82 ans soi-disant guérie grâce à un traitement « détruisant les parasites ».'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"According to Le Parisien, the video opens with a fake version of a TF1 news presenter, whose identity the outlet says was also taken over by AI, introducing a supposed testimony from a woman said to be cured by the treatment.","causal_attribution":"The outlet's description of one video; not in the France 3 text."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'au-delà de l’atteinte portée à l’image du médecin et à celle de l’AP-HP, la diffusion de tels contenus constitue un véritable danger pour la santé des patients : ils peuvent conduire des internautes à adhérer à de fausses informations ou à recourir à des produits dont l’efficacité et la sécurité ne reposent sur aucune donnée scientifique'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Au-delà de l’atteinte à l’image du praticien et de l’hôpital, l’AP-HP insiste sur le risque sanitaire.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"AP-HP said that beyond the harm to the image of the doctor and of AP-HP, such content is a danger to patients because it can lead people to believe false information or use products without scientific support.","causal_attribution":"The institution's assessment of risk; no source reports that anyone bought or used the product."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Depuis la fin de l’été, la boîte mail du professeur Renaud Piarroux regorge de messages d’inconnus.'; '« Suite au visionnage d’une vidéo sur les parasites, j’aimerais savoir comment faire pour bénéficier de ce traitement », écrit l’un de ces internautes'; 'Le praticien vante dans ces clips animés de soi-disant produits « miracles » contre ces nuisibles de toute sorte (vers, tiques, etc.), comme nous l’avons constaté. Sauf que ces vidéos, sponsorisées, sont entièrement fabriquées avec l’intelligence artificielle.'; '« C’est exactement l’inverse de tout ce que j’ai voulu faire dans ma vie : rendre service, aider des malades, etc., se désole le professeur Piarroux. Là, mon avatar profite de la faiblesse des gens. »'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Le Parisien reported on 10 October 2026 that since the end of the summer Professor Piarroux's mailbox has filled with messages from strangers, one of whom wrote that after watching a video about parasites they would like to know how to obtain the treatment. The newspaper says it saw the sponsored clips and that they are entirely fabricated with artificial intelligence, and the professor told it that the clips are the opposite of everything he wanted to do in his life and that his avatar takes advantage of people's weakness.","causal_attribution":"Le Parisien's own report from its interview with the professor and its viewing of the clips; the viewer's message is quoted from his mailbox. The report does not say how many people wrote, whether anyone bought or used the product, or how the newspaper established that the clips are AI-made. Only the opening of the paywalled article was read."}],"effects":[{"label":"AI-made videos used a hospital doctor's face and voice without consent to advertise an antiparasite product","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.leparisien.fr/paris-75/un-veritable-danger-lap-hp-et-sorbonne-universite-alertent-sur-les-deepfakes-usurpant-lidentite-de-leurs-medecins-05-10-2026-T25YIFPKQJGSBPUKIRAFTM7FDU.php","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"fr","translation_note":"French. Read in full from the publisher page on 2026-10-06 (Le Parisien, Candice Doussot, 5 October 2026). Translation by the research agent (an AI); no human translator. Relays the AP-HP and Sorbonne Université communiqué and adds the reporter's description of one video.","independence_group":"aphp-sorbonne-communique-2026-10-05"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/paris-ile-de-france/paris/un-danger-pour-la-sante-l-aphp-alerte-sur-la-diffusion-de-videos-faisant-la-promotion-d-un-produit-cense-lutter-contre-les-parasites-3428130.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"fr","translation_note":"French. Read in full from the publisher page on 2026-10-06 (France 3 Paris Île-de-France, 5 October 2026, credited \"Avec AFP\"). Translation by the research agent (an AI); no human translator. Relays the same communiqué.","independence_group":"aphp-sorbonne-communique-2026-10-05"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.leparisien.fr/societe/sante/est-ce-que-renaud-est-devenu-fou-quand-les-medecins-deviennent-la-proie-des-fausses-videos-generees-par-ia-10-10-2026-3ICTXKZG5NGF5DQZPM67BAQUCA.php","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"fr","translation_note":"French. Read from the publisher page on 2026-10-11 (Le Parisien, Nicolas Berrod, 10 October 2026, modified 11 October 2026). The article is behind a subscriber paywall and only its opening paragraphs were readable. Translation by the research agent (an AI); no human translator. The newspaper's own interview with the professor and its own viewing of the clips, separate from the AP-HP communiqué relayed by s1 and s2.","independence_group":"leparisien-piarroux-interview-2026-10-10"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["health","work"],"unknowns":["When the videos were first posted and how widely they were seen; Le Parisien's 10 October 2026 report says viewers' messages have reached the professor since the end of the summer of 2026, so the event year is 2026.","Whether anyone bought or used the advertised product.","The authority receiving the complaint and its status.","Which tool made the videos and who posted them.","Whether the TF1 presenter depicted in the video made any statement."],"geography":{"basis":"Both sources describe the professor as a specialist at the Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital in Paris and a professor at Sorbonne Université, so his country is FR. Neither source states where the Facebook videos were targeted or viewed, so no event country is recorded. No court is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":["FR"]},"publication":{"basis":"A concrete adverse event: AI-made videos used a named hospital doctor's face and voice without consent to sell an antiparasite product, and his employer filed a complaint and sought removal. The professor is a public figure named in his employer's communiqué. The two 5 October sources relay that communiqué and are one reporting chain; Le Parisien's 10 October follow-up adds the professor's own account and the viewer messages.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-06"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"AP-HP and Sorbonne Université state that the three Facebook videos were a montage made with artificial intelligence using the professor's voice and image (Le Parisien; France 3 with AFP). The generated videos showed him promoting a product he did not endorse, and that depiction is the reported harm. No tool is named and the videos were not inspected.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Paris hospital group says AI-made Facebook videos used a parasitology professor's face and voice to sell an antiparasite product; complaint filed","summary":"AP-HP, the Paris public hospital group, and Sorbonne Université said in a communiqué on 5 October 2026 that three videos published on Facebook used the image and voice of Professor Renaud Piarroux, a parasitology specialist at the Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital, to promote a product presented as ridding the body of parasites. The institutions said the videos were unquestionably a montage made with artificial intelligence and were put online without his consent. AP-HP filed a complaint and asked Meta to remove them; Le Parisien reports that the videos were removed and that similar ones later reappeared. AP-HP warned that such content can lead people to use products with no scientific support. Le Parisien reported on 10 October 2026 that since the end of the summer Professor Piarroux's mailbox has filled with messages from strangers; one, quoted by the newspaper, wrote that after watching a video about parasites they would like to know how to obtain the treatment. Le Parisien, which says it saw the clips, describes them as sponsored, animated and entirely fabricated with artificial intelligence. No source reports that anyone bought the product.","incidentDate":"2026-01-01","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"year","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-10-05","aiSystem":"Facebook videos that AP-HP and Sorbonne Université describe as an AI montage of the professor's voice and image; tool and operators not identified","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"AI-made videos used the professor's face and voice without consent to advertise a product he did not endorse, and AP-HP filed a complaint (AP-HP communiqué, relayed by Le Parisien and France 3 with AFP).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person, Professor Piarroux, whose image and voice the communiqué says were used without consent (Le Parisien; France 3). The TF1 presenter shown in one video is described by Le Parisien only and no consequence for her is reported, so she is not counted. Viewers are not counted. Exact 1.","victimAgeRange":"adult","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"internal_action","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.leparisien.fr/paris-75/un-veritable-danger-lap-hp-et-sorbonne-universite-alertent-sur-les-deepfakes-usurpant-lidentite-de-leurs-medecins-05-10-2026-T25YIFPKQJGSBPUKIRAFTM7FDU.php","primarySourceLabel":"Le Parisien, 5 October 2026: AP-HP et Sorbonne Université alertent sur les deepfakes usurpant l’identité de leurs médecins","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-06T03:12:48.870063+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-11T07:44:20.05795+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfakes","fake-advertisement","health-product-scam","doctor-impersonation","facebook","french-language"]},{"id":"2026-nissaf-ben-alaya-deepfake-video-prostate-cancer-treatment-ad","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Une vidéo circule actuellement sur les réseaux sociaux, utilisant mon image ainsi'; 'afin de promouvoir prétendument un médicament présenté comme un traitement contre le cancer de la prostate'; 'donné aucune autorisation pour utiliser mon image, ma voix ou mes anciennes interventions dans le cadre de la promotion'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The professor says a video circulating on social media uses the professor's image and a voice attributed to the professor to promote a medicine presented as a treatment for prostate cancer, without permission.","causal_attribution":"The professor's own statement as reproduced by one outlet; the video was not seen."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'auxquelles une voix ou des propos ont été artificiellement associés'; 'un procédé qui relève manifestement des nouvelles possibilités offertes par'; 'deepfake généré par intelligence artificielle'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The statement says the video appears to reuse old footage with a voice or words artificially added and attributes the method to AI; Kapitalis describes it as a deepfake generated with AI.","causal_attribution":"The professor's and the outlet's characterisation; no forensic finding is reported."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'a publié un démenti catégorique concernant une vidéo frauduleuse circulant sur les réseaux sociaux'; 'Je demande également aux plateformes et aux organismes compétents de prendre les mesures nécessaires afin que ce type de contenu frauduleux soit identifié et retiré'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The professor formally denied being behind the video and asked platforms and the competent bodies to identify and remove such content.","causal_attribution":"The professor's own statement; no platform response is reported."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'porter atteinte à la réputation des personnes concernées'; 'présenter un risque réel pour la santé lorsque des produits ou prétendus traitements médicaux sont ainsi promus'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The statement warns that fabricated declarations attributed to a health professional can harm the reputation of the people concerned and create a health risk when supposed treatments are promoted.","causal_attribution":"The professor's general warning; no harm to a viewer is reported."}],"effects":[{"label":"a video used the professor's image and an attributed voice to promote a supposed prostate cancer treatment without permission","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"the professor issued a public denial and asked platforms and the competent bodies to identify and remove such content","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://kapitalis.com/tunisie/2026/09/28/sante-deepfake-pr-nissaf-ben-alaya-victime-dun-montage-par-ia/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"fr","translation_note":"Read in French by the research agent on 2026-10-05 (Kapitalis, published 28 September 2026); no human translator reviewed it. The article introduces and then reproduces the professor's own statement in quotation marks; where the statement was first posted is not said. The video itself was not seen. The French does not mark the professor's gender in the passages used, and no pronoun is assigned.","independence_group":"ben-alaya-own-statement-2026-09-28"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["health","work"],"unknowns":["Who made the video, which tool was used and on which platforms it circulated.","Whether the video has been removed and whether any complaint was filed.","Whether anyone bought the promoted product because of the video.","Where the statement was first posted."],"geography":{"basis":"The article says the video circulates on social media and does not state where it was shown or where the professor lives; no country is inferred from the outlet or the language. No court step is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter: a named health professional says a video used the professor's image and an attributed voice, with AI, to advertise a supposed cancer treatment, and publicly denied it. The account is the professor's own statement as reproduced by Kapitalis (one source); all claims are reported and the video was not seen.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-05"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The professor's statement says old footage was given an artificially added voice or words and attributes the method to AI; Kapitalis describes the video as a deepfake generated with AI (depicted_or_impersonated). The video was not seen, no tool is named and no forensic finding is reported.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Professor Nissaf Ben Alaya publicly denies a video circulating on social media that uses the professor's image and an attributed voice to promote a supposed prostate cancer treatment, and attributes it to AI; statement published by Kapitalis on 28 September 2026","summary":"Kapitalis reported on 28 September 2026 that Professor Nissaf Ben Alaya had issued a categorical denial of a fraudulent video circulating on social media, which the outlet describes as a deepfake generated with AI. In the statement, which Kapitalis reproduces, the professor says the video uses the professor's image and a voice attributed to the professor to promote a medicine presented as a treatment for prostate cancer. The statement says the video appears to reuse old footage, including from the COVID-19 period, with a voice or words artificially added, a method the professor attributes to AI. The professor says no permission was given, that the professor has never advertised a health product, and asks platforms and the competent bodies to identify and remove the content. The statement warns that such videos can harm the reputation of the people shown and put the public's health at risk. The report does not say who made the video or whether it has been removed.","incidentDate":"2026-09-01","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-09-28","aiSystem":"Unidentified AI tool reported to have been used to attach a voice or words to old footage of the professor (the professor's statement; Kapitalis calls the video a deepfake generated with AI)","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"unverified","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A video used the professor's image and an attributed voice to promote a supposed prostate cancer treatment the professor says the professor never recommended and never authorised; the statement calls this a deceptive usurpation of a person's identity, and the professor issued a public denial (the professor's statement, reproduced by Kapitalis).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person, the professor, is reported as depicted in the video (the professor's statement, reproduced by Kapitalis). Viewers are not counted; no report says anyone acted on the video.","victimAgeRange":"adult","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://kapitalis.com/tunisie/2026/09/28/sante-deepfake-pr-nissaf-ben-alaya-victime-dun-montage-par-ia/","primarySourceLabel":"Kapitalis, 28 September 2026: Health and deepfake, Professor Nissaf Ben Alaya victim of an AI montage","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-05T03:15:45.02229+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T03:15:45.02229+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","fake-endorsement","health-product-advertising","impersonation","public-figure","first-person-statement","depicted-or-impersonated","french-language"]},{"id":"2026-padre-diego-jaramillo-minuto-de-dios-ai-manipulated-videos-advertise-health-products","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Según la advertencia, en distintas plataformas digitales se han difundido anuncios que emplean el nombre, la imagen y videos manipulados con inteligencia artificial del sacerdote, acompañados de una voz que no corresponde a la suya.'; 'En estos contenidos se simula que el padre Jaramillo recomienda o vende fórmulas “ocultas” para tratar diversas afecciones'; 'no vende, no recomienda ni tiene vínculo alguno con ninguna marca de productos ni fórmulas para mejorar la salud'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Está circulando un video falso creado con inteligencia artificial en el que se utiliza la imagen del nuestro padre Diego Jaramillo Cuartas cjm, para promocionar productos para la salud'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"In an alert of 23 February 2026, the Minuto de Dios organisation said ads on digital platforms were using Jaramillo's name, image and videos manipulated with artificial intelligence, with a voice that is not his, to simulate that he recommended or sold health formulas, and said he does not sell or recommend any health products.","causal_attribution":"The organisation's description; the videos were not inspected."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Están usando mi imagen como si fuera yo un vendedor de colágeno. Eso es totalmente falso.'; 'No tengo absolutamente nada que ver con ninguna firma productora o distribuidora de colágeno'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Me han informado que han estado usando mi imagen, y tal vez con inteligencia artificial, o haciendo algunas transformaciones.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"In a video statement, Jaramillo said his image was being used as if he were a collagen seller, that this was totally false, that he had been told it was being done perhaps with artificial intelligence, and that he has nothing to do with any collagen producer or distributor.","causal_attribution":"His own public statement."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'induce al error a los consumidores y se aprovecha de la confianza y la buena fe de la comunidad'; 'La institución informó que ya adelanta gestiones para exigir el retiro de estos contenidos y poner los hechos en conocimiento de las autoridades'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The organisation said such ads mislead consumers and exploit the community's trust, and that it was acting to demand removal of the content and to bring the facts to the authorities.","causal_attribution":"The organisation's statement."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'los delincuentes utilizan herramientas de sincronización labial y clonación de voz para otorgar veracidad al engaño'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"According to Semana, spokespeople for the organisation said the makers used lip-sync and voice-cloning tools to make the deception credible.","causal_attribution":"Spokespeople's account as reported by Semana."}],"effects":[{"label":"ads falsely show him recommending and selling health products","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.uniminutoradio.com.co/alerta-de-posible-estafa-uso-no-autorizado-de-la-imagen-del-padre-diego-jaramillo/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read live in Spanish on 2026-10-02 (UNIMINUTO Radio, 23 February 2026). The radio network of UNIMINUTO, part of the Minuto de Dios organisation (page footer), relaying the organisation's alert in the third person. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"minuto-de-dios-alert"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.infobae.com/colombia/2026/02/24/el-padre-diego-jaramillo-denuncio-que-estan-usando-su-imagen-con-ayuda-de-ia-para-vender-colageno-en-redes-sociales/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read live in Spanish on 2026-10-02 (Infobae, 24 February 2026); quotes the organisation's Instagram post and his video statement. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"minuto-de-dios-alert"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.noticiascaracol.com/colombia/padre-diego-jaramillo-del-minuto-de-dios-habla-sobre-suplantacion-con-ia-de-la-que-fue-victima-rg10","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read live in Spanish on 2026-10-02 (Noticias Caracol, 25 February 2026); interview with Jaramillo plus his video statement, the same account of his own case. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"minuto-de-dios-alert"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.semana.com/gente/articulo/indignado-padre-diego-jaramillo-del-minuto-de-dios-denuncia-que-delincuentes-estan-usando-su-imagen-para-estafar/202619/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read live in Spanish on 2026-10-02 (Semana, 24 February 2026); relays the organisation's statement and spokespeople. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"minuto-de-dios-alert"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["health","work"],"unknowns":["How widely the ads were seen, and whether they ran on platforms beyond those Semana names (Facebook and Instagram).","Whether anyone bought the products or lost money.","Whether the content was removed and what the authorities did.","Which tool was used and who made the ads.","When the ads first appeared; the alert of 23 February 2026 describes them as already circulating."],"geography":{"basis":"Infobae says he presents El Minuto de Dios on Colombian national television before the evening news, and Semana calls it the oldest television programme in Colombia, so his country is recorded as Colombia. The sources say the ads ran on digital platforms and social networks (Semana: mainly Facebook and Instagram) and give no place where they were shown, so no event country is recorded.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":["CO"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (depicted_or_impersonated), consistent with the Tietjen health-ad row: ads described by his organisation as AI-manipulated showed the priest apparently selling health products, and he denied it publicly. He is a public figure speaking about his own case and is named as all sources do. One underlying account (the organisation's alert and his statements) read across four outlets; all claims stay reported.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-02"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The organisation's alert describes a fake video created with artificial intelligence (Instagram post quoted by Infobae) and videos manipulated with AI with a voice that is not his (UNIMINUTO Radio, which also uses 'presuntamente'). Jaramillo himself said 'tal vez con inteligencia artificial'. Semana reports spokespeople citing lip-sync and voice cloning. The videos were not inspected and no tool is named. They depicted and voiced him (depicted_or_impersonated).","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Padre Diego Jaramillo of El Minuto de Dios says in February 2026 that videos, described by his organisation as made with AI and with a voice that is not his, falsely show him selling collagen and health products","summary":"On 23 February 2026 the Minuto de Dios organisation issued a public alert that ads circulating on social networks used the name, image and AI-manipulated videos of its president, the priest Diego Jaramillo Cuartas, with a voice that is not his, to make it appear that he recommended or sold health formulas. In a video published on the organisation's channels, Jaramillo said his image was being used as if he were a collagen seller and that this was totally false. The organisation called the ads deceptive advertising and said it was seeking their removal and reporting the facts to the authorities. No report says whether anyone bought the products.","incidentDate":"2026-02-01","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-02-23","aiSystem":"Ads using videos of the priest that El Minuto de Dios describes as manipulated with artificial intelligence and paired with a voice that is not his; Semana reports that spokespeople cited lip-sync and voice-cloning tools; the tool and operators are not identified","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Ads showed the priest apparently recommending and selling health products he has nothing to do with, and he had to deny it publicly (his video statement and the Minuto de Dios alert, relayed by UNIMINUTO Radio, Infobae and Noticias Caracol).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"One person, Diego Jaramillo Cuartas (UNIMINUTO Radio; Infobae; Noticias Caracol). The organisation says it is acting to 'evitar que más personas sean engañadas' (UNIMINUTO Radio), and Semana writes of preventing 'nuevas víctimas'. These imply possible further victims but report none, and no buyer or loss is reported. Viewers are not counted. Documented minimum 1.","victimAgeRange":"elderly","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.uniminutoradio.com.co/alerta-de-posible-estafa-uso-no-autorizado-de-la-imagen-del-padre-diego-jaramillo/","primarySourceLabel":"UNIMINUTO Radio, 23 February 2026: Alerta de posible estafa: uso no autorizado de la imagen del padre Diego Jaramillo","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-02T03:17:23.550369+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-02T03:17:23.550369+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfakes","celebrity-deepfake","fake-advertisement","health-product-scam","voice-cloning","religious-leader","spanish-language"]},{"id":"2026-honduras-surgeon-emec-cherenfant-ai-altered-facebook-videos-prostate-remedy","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'El Mirón, la sección de verificación de Criterio.hn, encontró tres videos alterados en imagen y audio, posteados en un perfil de Facebook, en el cual utilizan la imagen del doctor Cherenfant.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'En los videos, la imagen artificial de Cherenfant señala que ayudó a sus amigos, los futbolistas Guevara y caballero, a vencer la prostatitis, sin necesidad de cirugía, con un remedio, el cual se puede consumir en casa, sin visitar hospitales.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"El Mirón found three videos on a Facebook profile, altered in image and audio, that use Cherenfant's image to give advice on prostatitis and related conditions.","causal_attribution":"The outlet's verification; the researcher did not view the videos."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'ZeroGPT detectó las inconsistencias en el video en el cual aparecen Emec Cherenfant y Amado Guevara y detectó se creó con inteligencia artificial.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'ZeroGPT confirmó también que este video es producto de la IA.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"El Mirón reports that ZeroGPT detected the video with Amado Guevara as created with artificial intelligence and confirmed the third video as an AI product.","causal_attribution":"Detector output as reported by the outlet; the method is not described."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'En el chat, nos respondieron que la publicidad es engañosa y que es un urólogo quien debe atender enfermedades relacionadas con la próstata.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Hospital San Jorge, where Cherenfant offers his services, told El Mirón by WhatsApp that the advertising is deceptive.","causal_attribution":"The hospital's reply as reported by the outlet."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'No tengo nada que ver con las articulaciones, nada que ver con la próstata, nada que ver con la visión, con los ojos, no tengo nada que ver con la impotencia sexual'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'señaló que hace dos años presentó una denuncia ante el Ministerio Público, para evitar ser asociado con las consecuencias que puedan pasar personas que caigan en la red de estafas.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'No quiero que alguien algún día se muera por un medicamento de estos y que asocien al doctor Cherenfant a esa muerte. Conozca a su cirujano. Son estafadores. No se dejen engañar, es pura inteligencia artificial'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'hay un grupo de estafadores que no se cansan de utilizar su nombre e imagen para vender productos que ni siquiera conoce.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Cherenfant said he has nothing to do with prostate treatment, that scammers repeatedly use his name and image, and that he filed a complaint with the Ministerio Público two years ago.","causal_attribution":"His own account; the earlier complaint concerns the recurring scams in general and the source does not say when these three videos were first posted."}],"effects":[{"label":"AI-altered videos show him promoting a prostatitis remedy outside his specialty","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://criterio.hn/emec-cherenfant-advierte-estafas-con-videos-de-ia-que-utilizan-su-imagen/","kind":"fact_check","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read live in Spanish on 2026-10-01 (Criterio.hn, El Mirón verification section, 30 September 2026), including the outlet's interview with Cherenfant. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"criterio-el-miron"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["work","health"],"unknowns":["When the three videos were posted and how widely they circulated.","Whether anyone bought the remedy or was harmed by it.","Whether a takedown or new complaint followed for these videos.","Which tool generated the videos, and how ZeroGPT was applied to video."],"geography":{"basis":"Criterio.hn describes him as naturalised Honduran ('nacionalizado hondureño'), known in Honduras for his TV programme, and offering his services at Hospital San Jorge. The videos were posted on a Facebook profile whose location is not stated, so no event country is recorded.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":["HN"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a core case: videos that a fact-check desk describes as AI-altered depicted the surgeon promoting a remedy outside his specialty, and he describes the misuse in his own words. He is a public figure and is named as the source does. One source, a fact-check that includes his interview; the videos were not inspected by the researcher.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-01"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Criterio.hn's El Mirón concludes that the three videos are false because they were created with AI by scammers ('fueron creados con IA por estafadores'), describes his 'imagen artificial' and a false voice, and reports that ZeroGPT flagged the first and third videos as AI-made and said the second 'genera poca confianza, por su contenido amañado creado con IA'. ZeroGPT is mainly known as a text detector and the outlet does not explain how it was applied to video, so the detector result is recorded as the outlet's report. Cherenfant calls the content 'pura inteligencia artificial'. The researcher did not inspect the videos and no generation tool is named. The videos depicted him (depicted_or_impersonated).","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Honduras: Criterio.hn's fact-check desk finds three Facebook videos altered with AI in which plastic surgeon Emec Cherenfant appears to promote a home remedy for prostatitis; he says scammers keep using his name and image","summary":"El Mirón, the verification section of Criterio.hn, reported on 30 September 2026 that it found three videos on a Facebook profile, altered in image and audio, that use the image of the plastic and reconstructive surgeon Emec Cherenfant to offer a remedy for prostatitis and related problems. In the videos his artificial image says he helped former footballers beat prostatitis without surgery and invites viewers to write to him on WhatsApp. El Mirón says the manipulation is evident from the vocabulary, voice and body movements and that the detector ZeroGPT flagged the videos as AI-made. The hospital where he offers his services told El Mirón the advertising is deceptive. Cherenfant said he has nothing to do with prostate treatment, that scammers repeatedly use his name and image, and that he filed a complaint with the Ministerio Público two years ago. 'Son estafadores. No se dejen engañar, es pura inteligencia artificial', he said. No buyer losses are reported.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-09-30","aiSystem":"Three Facebook videos 'manipulados con IA' showing the surgeon's altered image and a false voice promoting a prostatitis remedy (Criterio.hn El Mirón, which ran them through ZeroGPT); the generation tool and the profile's operators are not identified","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"AI-altered videos showed the surgeon promoting a prostatitis remedy outside his specialty; he says scammers repeatedly misuse his name and image and fears being associated with harm to people who buy such products (his interview with Criterio.hn El Mirón).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person, Emec Cherenfant (Criterio.hn). The former footballers shown on the video covers are not counted because no harm to them is reported, and no viewer is reported deceived. Exact 1.","victimAgeRange":"adult","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://criterio.hn/emec-cherenfant-advierte-estafas-con-videos-de-ia-que-utilizan-su-imagen/","primarySourceLabel":"Criterio.hn (El Mirón), 30 September 2026: Emec Cherenfant advierte estafas con videos de IA que utilizan su imagen","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-01T03:18:11.893375+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-01T03:18:11.893375+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfakes","fake-advertisement","health-product-scam","doctor-impersonation","fact-check","honduras","spanish-language"]},{"id":"2023-actor-tony-ramos-interview-redubbed-into-fake-prostate-remedy-ad","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'A equipe do ator alertou que uma entrevista que ele deu ao programa \"Mais Você\", da Ana Maria Braga, foi alterada digitalmente para promover um remédio supostamente milagroso para hiperplasia da próstata.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Segundo a equipe, falas de Tony Ramos foram editadas com o uso de tecnologia avançada para fazer parecer que ele estava endossando o produto. A equipe enfatizou que a voz do ator foi redublada e que o conteúdo original era uma homenagem a colegas de profissão.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The actor's team said that an interview he gave to 'Mais Você' was digitally altered, with his words edited and his voice redubbed, to make him appear to endorse a supposedly miraculous remedy for prostate hyperplasia.","causal_attribution":"The team's account as relayed by Terra; the video was not inspected."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'é a mais nova vítima do uso indevido de imagem em vídeos falsos criados com inteligência artificial (IA)'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Terra described the clips as fake videos created with artificial intelligence.","causal_attribution":"Terra's framing; the team statement it quotes refers to advanced technology without naming AI."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Roubaram minha imagem em uma entrevista com a Ana Maria Braga. Dublaram, mal dublado, aliás, e fizeram eu vender um remédio para próstata'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Uma deepfake sua, em uma entrevista com Ana Maria Braga, circulou nas redes sociais para vender remédios para a próstata.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"On 'Roda Viva' on 28 September 2026, Ramos said his image had been taken from an interview with Ana Maria Braga, badly dubbed and made to sell a prostate medicine; Estado de Minas describes the clip as a deepfake that circulated on social networks.","causal_attribution":"His own account and the outlet's 'deepfake' label. Estado de Minas says this happened 'recentemente'; whether it is the 2023 video or a later recirculation is not stated."}],"effects":[{"label":"image and redubbed voice used without consent in a fake advertisement for a prostate remedy","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.terra.com.br/diversao/tony-ramos-e-a-mais-nova-vitima-de-proliferacao-de-golpes-com-ia,77e3ad25ee4be9c660a202668da183d28j74r5v3.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read live in Portuguese on 2026-10-01 (Terra, published 6 December 2023 per the page metadata). Licensed Pipoca Moderna article (byline Pedro Benjamin Prado); relays a statement by the actor's team. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"ramos-team-statement-2023"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.em.com.br/cultura/2026/09/7510638-tony-ramos-detona-uso-de-inteligencia-artificial-para-recriar-atores-um-horror.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read live in Portuguese on 2026-10-01 (Estado de Minas, 29 September 2026); reports his remarks on 'Roda Viva' of 28 September 2026. The page credits its image to Tupi, which carries an article with the same title; the broadcast itself was not viewed. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"roda-viva-interview-2026"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["work","health"],"unknowns":["When the video first circulated, on which platforms, and whether it recirculated after December 2023.","Whether anyone bought the advertised product or lost money.","Whether a complaint, takedown or platform action followed.","Which tool was used and whether the voice was synthesised or dubbed by a person."],"geography":{"basis":"Neither inspected body states where the video circulated beyond 'redes sociais' or where the actor lives; no country is inferred from the Portuguese language, the outlets or the TV programmes.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a core case: an altered video depicted the actor endorsing a prostate remedy he did not endorse. He is a public figure who described it in his own words in 2026, and his team warned the public in 2023. The AI element rests on the outlets' description; the video was not inspected.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-01"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Terra describes the case as misuse of his image in fake videos created with artificial intelligence; the team statement it relays says his words were edited with 'tecnologia avançada' and his voice redubbed, without naming AI. Estado de Minas calls the clip a deepfake; Ramos's quoted words say the interview was dubbed ('Dublaram, mal dublado'). The video was not inspected and no tool is named. The altered video depicted him (depicted_or_impersonated).","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Actor Tony Ramos's interview on Ana Maria Braga's 'Mais Você' is digitally altered and redubbed into a fake advertisement for a prostate remedy, reported as made with AI; Terra reported his team's warning in December 2023 and he recounted it on 'Roda Viva' in September 2026","summary":"Terra reported on 6 December 2023 that the team of the actor Tony Ramos, then appearing in the telenovela 'Terra e Paixão', had warned that an interview he gave to Ana Maria Braga's programme 'Mais Você' was digitally altered to promote a supposedly miraculous remedy for prostate hyperplasia. According to the team, his words were edited with advanced technology to make it seem he endorsed the product, his voice was redubbed, and the original footage was a tribute to fellow professionals. Terra describes the clips as fake videos created with artificial intelligence. On the TV programme 'Roda Viva' on 28 September 2026, Ramos said his image had been stolen from that interview, badly dubbed and made to sell a prostate medicine (Estado de Minas, 29 September 2026), and Estado de Minas describes the clip as a deepfake that circulated on social networks. No buyer losses, complaint or takedown are reported.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2023-12-06","aiSystem":"Manipulated video of a 'Mais Você' interview in which the actor's words were edited and his voice redubbed to endorse a prostate remedy; Terra describes it as a fake video created with AI and Estado de Minas as a deepfake; the tool and the operators are not identified","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The actor's image and a redubbed voice were used without consent to make him appear to endorse a prostate remedy in a fake advertisement; his team had to warn the public, and he describes it as his image being stolen (his team's statement via Terra; his remarks on 'Roda Viva' via Estado de Minas).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person, Tony Ramos (Terra; Estado de Minas). Viewers of the video and any buyers are not counted because no source reports anyone deceived. Exact 1.","victimAgeRange":"adult","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.terra.com.br/diversao/tony-ramos-e-a-mais-nova-vitima-de-proliferacao-de-golpes-com-ia,77e3ad25ee4be9c660a202668da183d28j74r5v3.html","primarySourceLabel":"Terra, 6 December 2023: Tony Ramos é a mais nova vítima de proliferação de golpes com IA","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-01T03:12:24.125788+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-01T03:12:24.125788+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfakes","celebrity-deepfake","fake-advertisement","health-product-scam","voice-redubbing","actor","portuguese-language"]},{"id":"2026-presenter-bettina-tietjen-deepfake-videos-advertise-alzheimer-remedy","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'In den Clips scheint die Moderatorin für ein Mittel gegen Alzheimer zu werben. \"Das sind Fake-Videos, dahinter stecken Betrüger\", stellte Tietjen am Dienstag in einem Facebook-Beitrag klar'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'\"Offenbar sind Videos von mir in Umlauf, in denen ich für Mittel gegen Alzheimer werbe\", schreibt die \"NDR Talk Show\"-Gastgeberin in einem Beitrag auf Facebook.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Ihre Bitte an alle, denen die Aufnahmen begegnen: \"Bitte auf keinen Fall darauf hereinfallen!\"'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"In a Facebook post on Tuesday 29 September 2026, Tietjen said that fake videos in which she appears to advertise a remedy for Alzheimer's were circulating, that scammers were behind them, and asked people not to fall for them.","causal_attribution":"Her own account as relayed by the outlets; the videos were not inspected."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Tietjen wurde Opfer von gefälschten KI-Videos, sogenannten „Deepfakes“.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'Bei den Videos handelt es sich offenbar um sogenannte Deepfakes, also täuschend echte Inhalte, die mithilfe Künstlicher Intelligenz erstellt oder stark verändert wurden.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Bei den Videos handelt es sich wohl um sogenannte Deepfakes.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The outlets describe the videos as made with AI: MOPO says she became a victim of fake AI videos, while spot on news and TAG24 say they are apparently deepfakes.","causal_attribution":"The outlets' characterisation; her quoted words do not mention AI."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Mit dem beworbenen Präparat habe Tietjen nichts zu tun.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"According to spot on news, she has nothing to do with the advertised product.","causal_attribution":"Reported in indirect speech by the agency."}],"effects":[{"label":"fake videos show her advertising an Alzheimer's remedy she has nothing to do with","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de/promis/bettina-tietjen-warnt-vor-gefaelschten-werbevideos-mit-ihrem-gesicht-art-1162331","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"de","translation_note":"Read live in German on 2026-10-01 (Abendzeitung München, 30 September 2026; automated spot on news agency copy, also carried by viply and trendmagazin). Relays her Facebook post. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"tietjen-facebook-post"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.tag24.de/unterhaltung/promis/tv-moderatorin-warnt-vor-fake-videos-kriminelle-missbrauchen-ihr-gesicht-3536545","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"de","translation_note":"Read live in German on 2026-10-01 (TAG24, 30 September 2026); quotes the same Facebook post. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"tietjen-facebook-post"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.mopo.de/hamburg/promi-show/bettina-tietjen-warnt-diese-videos-mit-ihr-sind-ki-fakes/5012162","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"de","translation_note":"Read live in German on 2026-10-01 (MOPO, 30 September 2026); paraphrases the same Facebook post. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"tietjen-facebook-post"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["work","health"],"unknowns":["On which platforms the videos ran and how widely they were seen.","Whether anyone bought the advertised product or lost money.","Whether a complaint or takedown followed.","Which tool was used."],"geography":{"basis":"The bodies say the videos circulated on social networks and give Hamburg datelines (TAG24; Hamburger Abendblatt), but none states where the videos were shown or where she lives; no country is inferred from datelines, the outlets or the language.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a core case: fake videos depicted the presenter advertising an Alzheimer's remedy, and she warned the public in her own Facebook post. She is a public figure and is named as all sources do. One underlying account (her post) relayed by three outlets; the AI element rests on their description, two of them hedged.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-01"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"MOPO states that she became a victim of fake AI videos ('gefälschten KI-Videos'); spot on news ('wohl um sogenannte Deepfakes') and TAG24 ('offenbar um sogenannte Deepfakes') hedge the AI attribution. Her quoted Facebook words call them fake videos without mentioning AI. The videos were not inspected and no tool is named. The videos depicted her (depicted_or_impersonated).","status":"suspected"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"TV presenter Bettina Tietjen warns on Facebook in September 2026 that fake videos, described by outlets as AI deepfakes, show her advertising a remedy for Alzheimer's, and says scammers are behind them","summary":"Bettina Tietjen, host of the 'NDR Talk Show', wrote in a Facebook post on Tuesday 29 September 2026 that videos were apparently circulating in which she advertised a remedy for Alzheimer's. 'Das sind Fake-Videos, dahinter stecken Betrüger', she wrote, asking people not to fall for them. The spot on news agency (via Abendzeitung München) reports that she has nothing to do with the advertised product. MOPO describes the clips as fake AI videos, and spot on news and TAG24 say they are apparently deepfakes made or altered with artificial intelligence. No report says whether anyone bought the product, and no complaint or takedown is reported.","incidentDate":"2026-09-01","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-09-29","aiSystem":"Fake videos in which the presenter appears to advertise an Alzheimer's remedy, described by MOPO as AI videos and by spot on news and TAG24 as apparent deepfakes; the tool and operators are not identified","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool (suspected)","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Fake videos showed the presenter endorsing an Alzheimer's remedy she has nothing to do with, and she had to warn the public that scammers were behind them (her Facebook post, relayed by spot on news, TAG24 and MOPO).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person, Bettina Tietjen (spot on news via Abendzeitung München; TAG24; MOPO). Viewers are not counted because no source reports anyone deceived. Exact 1.","victimAgeRange":"adult","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de/promis/bettina-tietjen-warnt-vor-gefaelschten-werbevideos-mit-ihrem-gesicht-art-1162331","primarySourceLabel":"Abendzeitung München (spot on news), 30 September 2026: Bettina Tietjen warnt vor gefälschten Werbevideos mit ihrem Gesicht","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-01T03:12:20.47212+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-01T03:12:20.47212+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfakes","celebrity-deepfake","fake-advertisement","health-product-scam","tv-presenter","german-language"]}]}