{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-27T07:10:01.524Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"political-ai-video","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"core","evidence":"","year":"2026","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":1,"coverage":{"cases":1,"countries":0,"languages":1,"unknownLocation":1,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":0,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":0,"minors":0,"coreRelations":1,"contextualRelations":0,"mixedRelations":0,"unknownRelations":0,"relationPending":0,"relationUnknown":0},"countingNote":"Distinct public cases in this selection. People counts apply within individual cases only; cross-case person overlap has not been resolved. No population incidence estimate.","affectedCountNote":"Interpret person counts with affectedCountStatus and the reported effects. Unquantified zeros are placeholders, not a measured zero.","source":"AI incidents","publisher":"NOPE","url":"https://nope.net/incidents","license":"CC BY 4.0"},"incidents":[{"id":"2026-rapper-iamddb-objects-after-israels-official-accounts-shared-ai-rap-video-with-performer-resembling-her","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Israel's official social media accounts have removed an AI-generated rap video after Black British musician IAMDDB accused them of using her likeness without permission. ... The clip, shared around 15 October, featured a braided performer resembling the Manchester-raised singer delivering lyrics defending Jewish historical ties to Judea.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Israel’s accounts later removed the clip, but no reason for that decision has been established.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Around 15 October 2026 Israel's official social media accounts shared an AI-generated rap video whose performer delivered lyrics defending Jewish historical ties to Judea, and later removed it.","causal_attribution":"The video and its removal are reported by the outlets; the reason for removal is unknown."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"The photograph shows IAMDDB with braids, a black cropped top and branded trousers. The AI character appeared in strikingly similar clothing and in a comparable pose. The generated image also featured altered BALR. and Calvin Klein branding.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The AI-generated performer resembled IAMDDB in hairstyle, clothing and pose, matching a 2018 magazine photograph of her, including altered brand logos.","causal_attribution":"The resemblance is an observation drawn from an activist comparison as reported; whether her photograph was used is unestablished."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"IAMDDB first challenged the post on October 16, asking why her identity had been used for something she had not agreed to. ... “I am taking advice and exploring the appropriate steps to protect my image, my work and my rights,” she said.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"“I did not authorise, approve, participate in, or consent to my image or likeness being used in this video.”","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"IAMDDB said she had not authorised, approved or consented to the use of her image or likeness in the video, and that she was taking advice on protecting her image and rights.","causal_attribution":"The artist's own statements as reported."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"According to reporting on his response, he said he had not known who IAMDDB was and had not intentionally used her image. He also said he could not identify which photographs the generative system might have drawn upon.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"He also said he could not identify which photographs the AI system might have drawn on.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to reporting on his response, the video's director said he had not known who IAMDDB was, had not intentionally used her image, and could not identify which photographs the generative system might have drawn on.","causal_attribution":"The director's response is known only as relayed; both outlets rely on the same earlier report."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"As of 21 October, no legal action by IAMDDB over the clip had been confirmed by available reporting.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"No legal action by the artist over the clip had been confirmed as of 21 October 2026.","causal_attribution":"Outcome status at the time of reporting."}],"effects":[{"label":"an artist objected that an AI-generated performer resembling her was used without consent in a political video she opposes","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/israel-deletes-ai-rap-video-iamddb-likeness-1826931","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"English-language source; no translation. Read in full on 2026-10-27 (HTTP 200).","independence_group":"ibtimes-uk-oct-2026"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://allhiphop.com/news/iamddb-seeks-advice-over-israels-ai-rap-video-after-denying-any-role/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"English-language source; no translation. Read in full on 2026-10-27 (HTTP 200).","independence_group":"allhiphop-oct-2026"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://happymag.tv/iamddb-israeli-government-ai-propaganda/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"English-language source; no translation. Read in full on 2026-10-27 (HTTP 200).","independence_group":"happy-mag-oct-2026"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["everyday_life"],"unknowns":["Which AI system made the video and whether any photograph of the artist was supplied to it.","Why Israel's accounts removed the video.","Whether the artist has taken legal or other formal action since 21 October 2026.","The original report of the director's response, which was read only as relayed."],"geography":{"basis":"The video was posted online by Israel's official social media accounts; no source locates where it was made or where the harm occurred, so the event country is left unknown. IBTimes UK describes the artist as a Black British musician, Manchester-raised. No court proceeding is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":["GB"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a reported depiction case (depicted_or_impersonated): the video's director, as relayed, described it as generated by an AI system, the AI-made performer closely matched a photograph of the artist, and the artist publicly objected and sought advice. The director denies copying her; whether her image was used is unestablished.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-27"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The video's maker described it as made with generative AI: according to reporting on his response relayed by IBTimes UK and AllHipHop, the director said he could not identify which photographs the generative system might have drawn on. IBTimes UK, AllHipHop and Happy Mag describe the clip as an AI-generated music video and its performer as AI-made. The AI-generated performer resembled the artist in face, braids and an outfit matching a 2018 magazine photograph of her, including altered brand logos (IBTimes UK, AllHipHop), and she objected to that depiction. Whether her photograph was supplied to the system is disputed and unestablished; the director denies copying her.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Rapper IAMDDB says an AI rap video shared by Israel's official accounts used her likeness without consent; its director denies intentionally copying her","summary":"Around 15 October 2026 Israel's official social media accounts shared an AI-generated rap video titled 'Jews from Judea (We DID)', in which a braided performer delivered lyrics defending Jewish historical ties to the region. The Manchester-raised rapper IAMDDB, after an activist compared the performer with a 2018 magazine photograph of her in near-identical clothing, asked on X on 16 October why her identity had been used for something she had not consented to, and on 20 October said on Instagram that she had not authorised or taken part in the video, opposed its message, and was taking advice on protecting her image and rights (IBTimes UK, AllHipHop, Happy Mag). According to reporting on his response relayed by IBTimes UK and AllHipHop, the video's director said he had not known who she was, had not intentionally used her image, and could not identify which photographs the generative system might have drawn on. The video was later removed from Israel's accounts without a published explanation. Whether her photograph was used to make the performer is unestablished, and no legal action was reported by 21 October.","incidentDate":"2026-10-01","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2026-10-21","aiSystem":"Unidentified generative AI system used by the video's director to create the performer in a rap video shared by Israel's official social media accounts; the director, as relayed by IBTimes UK and AllHipHop, said he could not identify which photographs the generative system might have drawn on.","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to IBTimes UK, AllHipHop and Happy Mag, rapper IAMDDB said an AI-generated performer resembling her appeared, without her consent, in a rap video with a political message she opposes, shared by Israel's official accounts; she said she was taking advice to protect her image. The director denies intentionally copying her.","frameworkFacets":[],"pathwayDirection":"outward","causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person: the artist, who publicly objected to the use of her likeness (her X post and Instagram statement as reported). Viewers of the video are an audience and are not counted.","victimAgeRange":"adult","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/israel-deletes-ai-rap-video-iamddb-likeness-1826931","primarySourceLabel":"IBTimes UK, 21 Oct 2026: Israel accused of 'stealing' rapper IAMDDB's likeness for AI music video before deleting it","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-27T03:20:01.926327+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-27T03:20:01.926327+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-likeness","political-ai-video","musician","consent","propaganda"]}]}