{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-23T06:31:22.275Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"political-party","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"core","evidence":"","year":"","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":1,"coverage":{"cases":1,"countries":1,"languages":1,"unknownLocation":0,"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-spain-psoe-weighs-legal-action-after-partido-popular-posts-ai-video-impersonating-its-figures-confessing-alleged-crimes","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'El PP lanzó este miércoles en redes sociales un vídeo elaborado por IA imitando al publicado previamente por el PSOE'; 'confesando presuntos delitos y actividades irregulares'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'un vídeo generado por inteligencia artificial en el que suplantan la identidad y manipulan la imagen y la voz de la mujer del presidente del Gobierno, Begoña Gómez'; 'Todos aparecen confesando presuntos delitos y actividades irregulares.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'ha hecho uso de la IA para suplantar la identidad no solo de la mujer del presidente del Gobierno, Begoña Gómez'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"On 21 October 2026 the PP posted on its official social media accounts an AI-generated video imitating a PSOE campaign video, in which likenesses of current and former PSOE figures and the prime minister's wife appear to confess alleged crimes and irregular conduct.","causal_attribution":"Each outlet describes the published video; that the PP made it with AI is the party's own label and statement (c4)."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'que incluye una leyenda de “contenido hecho con IA”'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'se ve decir a una Begoña Gómez creada con inteligencia artificial, para la que han incluso clonado su voz'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"The post carries a caption saying the content was made with AI, and the voices were imitated.","causal_attribution":"The caption is described by elDiario.es and the cloned voice by Cadena SER; each is one outlet's description of the post."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Fuentes de Ferraz trasladan a Europa Press que están estudiando presentar acciones legales y por tanto es una opción que no descartan, aunque todavía no han decidido que vayan a hacerlo'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'El PSOE está estudiando emprender acciones legales contra el PP por la difusión de un vídeo generado por inteligencia artificial'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"PSOE sources said the party was studying legal action over the video and did not rule it out, without having decided to proceed.","causal_attribution":"Attributed to PSOE sources speaking to Europa Press; elDiario.es reports the same position without naming its source."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Sémper y Muñoz coinciden en que se ve \"claramente\" que los personajes no son reales y que el vídeo es con Inteligencia Artificial'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'Pero todo el mundo es capaz de interpretar que es una manera de utilizar las herramientas digitales para comunicar la hipocresía en la que vive en PSOE'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"PP spokespeople defended the video, saying everyone could see it used digital tools and was clearly AI and not real.","causal_attribution":"The PP spokespeople's own statements to reporters; one origin."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'La secretaria de organización, Rebeca Torró, ha dicho este jueves en los micrófonos de Hoy por Hoy que el PP \"no tiene proyecto\" y, por eso, \"ahora utilizan la tecnología, no tienen otra cosa que el insulto\".'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'Y ahora, lo vemos utilizando la inteligencia artificial”, ha afirmado este jueves en la Cadena SER.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"PSOE's organisation secretary said on Cadena SER that the PP had no project and was using artificial intelligence for insults.","causal_attribution":"One radio interview, relayed by elDiario.es."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'El vídeo publicado en las cuentas oficiales del PP ha superado el millón de visualizaciones en 'X', suma algo más de 500.000 visitas en 'Instagram' y en 'Tik Tok' supera las 200.000 vistas.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Europa Press reported that the video had passed one million views on X, more than 500,000 on Instagram and more than 200,000 on TikTok.","causal_attribution":"Europa Press figures; 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the English assertions are the agent's translation and no human translator reviewed them.","independence_group":"europapress"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.europapress.es/nacional/noticia-pp-defiende-usar-ia-denunciar-hipocresia-sanchez-amenazar-psoe-demandarle-video-20261022150554.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read in full in Spanish by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-23 (HTTP 200); the English assertions are the agent's translation and no human translator reviewed them. 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No depicted person's own response is reported.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-23"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The maker, the PP, labelled the video as AI-made content (elDiario.es) and its spokespeople defended using AI to make it (Europa Press). The AI tool generated the likenesses and imitated voices of the six people shown confessing alleged crimes, and that depiction is what PSOE objects to and is weighing legal action over. No tool is named.","status":"supported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Spain: PSOE weighs legal action over a Partido Popular AI video showing its current and former figures and the prime minister's wife confessing alleged crimes","summary":"During the campaign for Spain's 29 November general election, the Partido Popular (PP) posted on its official social media accounts on 21 October 2026 a video made with artificial intelligence, labelled as AI content, that parodies a PSOE campaign video. It shows AI-generated likenesses of the prime minister's wife Begoña Gómez, former prime minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, former minister José Luis Ábalos, former PSOE officials Santos Cerdán and Montse Mínguez and former party member Leire Díez, with imitated voices, each appearing to confess alleged crimes or irregular conduct. PSOE sources told Europa Press the party was studying legal action over the video, which elDiario.es and Cadena SER describe as impersonating these people, and PSOE's organisation secretary said the PP had nothing to offer but insults. PP spokespeople defended the video, saying it was clearly recognisable as AI. 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The adverse consequence reported is the party's objection and possible legal action; no depicted person's own response is reported, and the sources do not say on whose behalf the party objects, so no count is recorded (zero placeholders).","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"ES","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.europapress.es/nacional/noticia-psoe-estudia-demandar-pp-video-ia-begona-gomez-zapatero-cerdan-admiten-irregularidades-20261022140933.html","primarySourceLabel":"Europa Press, 22 October 2026: PSOE studies suing the PP over an AI video in which Begoña Gómez, Zapatero and Cerdán admit irregularities","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-23T03:09:55.380946+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-23T03:09:55.380946+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["spain","general-election","political-party","ai-video","voice-cloning","impersonation"]}]}