{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-09-30T04:42:39.773Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"politics","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"","evidence":"","year":"","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":3,"coverage":{"cases":3,"countries":3,"languages":4,"unknownLocation":0,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":2,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":0,"minors":0,"coreRelations":3,"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-colombia-senator-isabel-zuleta-ai-video-impersonation","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Un video falso creado con IA circula por redes usando mi rostro, mis voz y el escenario del @SenadoGovCo'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'En la pieza manipulada, Zuleta supuestamente reclamaba de manera alterada que dejaran de llamarla “cabeza de brócoli”. El contenido generó una ola de críticas y ataques en redes sociales, luego de que numerosos usuarios lo compartieran como si se tratara de una declaración real.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"A video made with AI that replicated Senator Isabel Zuleta's face, voice and the Senate chamber, showing her reacting with obscene language to a nickname, went viral on social media and was shared as if authentic.","causal_attribution":"Her statement that the video is AI-made; La Razón reports that later verifications labelled it AI-generated content."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'La senadora Isabel Zuleta pidió a la Fiscalía General de la Nación investigar una suplantación de identidad tras la circulación de un video fabricado con inteligencia artificial'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'La legisladora también anunció que denunciará a las cuentas que difundieron el contenido y pidió a la Fiscalía investigar la presunta suplantación de identidad.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Zuleta asked the Fiscalía General de la Nación to investigate identity impersonation and said she would report the accounts that spread the video.","causal_attribution":"Her announced legal steps; no investigation outcome is reported."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'En un comunicado, el movimiento político y la bancada del Congreso rechazaron la circulación de un video manipulado con inteligencia artificial en el que, según afirmaron, se suplanta la identidad de Isabel Zuleta y se le atribuyen declaraciones que nunca realizó.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'La colectividad solicitó a la Fiscalía, la Policía y el Consejo Nacional Electoral determinar el origen de estas acciones y establecer si existen recursos, estructuras políticas o infraestructura estatal vinculados con su difusión'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Her party, the Pacto Histórico, rejected the circulation of the AI-manipulated video impersonating her and asked the Fiscalía, the Police and the National Electoral Council to investigate coordinated online attacks on opposition congresswomen.","causal_attribution":"Party communiqué; the claimed coordination is its allegation."}],"effects":[{"label":"fabricated AI video attributing obscene statements to her circulated as authentic and drew a wave of online attacks","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://larazon.co/la-senadora-isabel-zuleta-denuncia-un-video-con-ia-que-clona-su-rostro-y-su-voz-para-ponerla-a-decir-groserias/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read live in Spanish on 2026-09-29 (La Razón.co, 26 September 2026, per the page's article:published_time metadata); quotes her X post. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"zuleta-statement"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.chicanoticias.com/2026/09/26/zuleta-desmieente-video/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read live in Spanish on 2026-09-29 (Chicanoticias, 26 September 2026). Researcher translation.","independence_group":"zuleta-statement"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.infobae.com/colombia/2026/09/28/pacto-historico-denuncia-ataques-misoginos-contra-congresistas-de-la-oposicion-y-pide-investigar-uso-de-ia-y-redes-coordinadas/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read live in Spanish on 2026-09-29 (Infobae, 28 September 2026); reports the Pacto Histórico communiqué. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"pacto-historico-communique"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["work","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["Who made the video and with what tool.","The date it first appeared.","Whether the Fiscalía opened an investigation."],"geography":{"basis":"Zuleta is a Colombian senator; the video depicts the Colombian Senate and her complaint was addressed to Colombia's Fiscalía (La Razón.co). Where the video was made is not stated.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["CO"],"affected_person_countries":["CO"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a core case (an AI-made video impersonating a named senator, attributing words she denies saying, circulated as authentic). The account rests on her statements and her party's communiqué; she is a public figure. The claimed political motive is recorded as her allegation.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-29"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Zuleta says the video was created with AI using her face, voice and the Senate setting (La Razón.co; Chicanoticias), and La Razón.co reports that verifications labelled it AI-generated. The tool and creator are not identified.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Colombia: Senator Isabel Zuleta says a viral AI-made video cloned her face and voice in the Senate chamber to show her swearing about a nickname; she asks the Fiscalía to investigate identity impersonation","summary":"By 26 September 2026 a video was circulating on social media appearing to show Senator Isabel Zuleta, in the Senate chamber, reacting with obscene language to being called 'cabeza de brócoli'. Zuleta said on X that it was a fake created with AI using her face, voice and the Senate setting, and that it sought to distort her work in opposition. The video drew a wave of criticism and attacks as users shared it as real, and several regional sites ran it as authentic. She asked the Fiscalía General de la Nación to investigate identity impersonation and said she would report the accounts spreading it. Her party, the Pacto Histórico, rejected the video and asked the Fiscalía, the Police and the National Electoral Council to investigate coordinated attacks on opposition congresswomen.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-09-26","aiSystem":"Unnamed AI tool used to clone her face and voice in a video (per the senator)","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"An AI-made video attributing obscene statements to a senator circulated as authentic and drew online attacks on her; she asked prosecutors to investigate (Zuleta via La Razón.co and Chicanoticias).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One depicted person, Senator Zuleta. Other congresswomen named in the party communiqué are not reported as depicted in this video and are not counted. Exact 1.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"CO","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://larazon.co/la-senadora-isabel-zuleta-denuncia-un-video-con-ia-que-clona-su-rostro-y-su-voz-para-ponerla-a-decir-groserias/","primarySourceLabel":"La Razón.co, 26 September 2026: La senadora Isabel Zuleta denuncia un video con IA que clona su rostro y su voz para ponerla a decir groserías","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-29T03:22:13.582118+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:33.42644+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfakes","political-deepfake","impersonation","colombia","senate","women-in-politics","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2026-italy-siracusano-ai-altered-photo-vannacci-facebook-reggio-by-election","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'Una foto ritoccata della sottosegretaria ai Rapporti con il Parlamento e deputata di Forza Italia, Matilde Siracusano, compare sulla pagina Facebook di Roberto Vannacci, leader di Futuro Nazionale.'; 'nella foto originale Siracusano indossa una maglietta bianca sotto la giacca floreale, che però è 'sparita''","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Nell’immagine, realizzata a partire da uno scatto originale del profilo Instagram della parlamentare'; 'La modifica consiste nella scomparsa della maglietta bianca indossata sotto la giacca floreale: al suo posto emerge una scollatura molto più accentuata.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'ha pubblicato una foto della compagna del governatore, la sottosegretaria Matilde Siracusano, con una profonda scollatura creata artificialmente'","relation":"context","source_id":"s5"},{"locator":"'Nella fotografia originale di Matilde Siracusano sotto la giacca c’è effettivamente una maglietta chiara.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"An altered photograph of Matilde Siracusano appeared on Roberto Vannacci's Facebook page in a by-election campaign post; in the original photograph she wears a white top under a floral jacket, and in the posted version the top had disappeared and a deeper neckline appeared in its place.","causal_attribution":"AGI and RaiNews each describe the public post and its difference from the original photograph, and the blog that first published the image concedes that the original shows a light T-shirt; ANSA's phrase 'profonda scollatura creata artificialmente' repeats Mara Carfagna's statement quoted by AGI and Adnkronos (reviewer translation: 'the white top worn under the floral jacket disappears: in its place a much more pronounced neckline emerges'). Who made the alteration is addressed in c2."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Quella che abbiamo pubblicato -afferma ancora il blog- non era una fotografia reale. Era un’immagine elaborata con l’intelligenza artificiale.'; 'Nell’immagine elaborata quella parte è stata invece ricostruita artificialmente dall’intelligenza artificiale'; 'risale addirittura a giovedì 24 settembre alle 12,33'; 'venerdì 25 settembre alle 8,27'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'pubblicando il link del blog Iacchitè, che aveva pubblicato l'immagine generata con l'IA'","relation":"context","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The blog Iacchite' says it published the image with an article on 24 September 2026, that the image was produced with artificial intelligence and was not a real photograph, that the AI reconstructed the neck and neckline area where the original photograph shows a light T-shirt, and that Vannacci reposted it on 25 September without citing the source.","causal_attribution":"The blog's own account relayed by Adnkronos (reviewer translation: 'What we published was not a real photograph. It was an image produced with artificial intelligence'). The blog does not name the tool or say who prompted it; it characterises the image as satirical and not pornographic."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Usare l'intelligenza artificiale per spogliare una donna, con la volontà evidente di denigrare una donna, è un problema gigantesco per tutti'; 'sta valutando l'ipotesi di \"presentare una denuncia'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'annunciando l’intenzione di presentare querela. «Si tratta di un reato e le donne vanno tutelate.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'per ora diciamo che si muoveranno i miei avvocati'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"},{"locator":"'E si rivolgerà a un avvocato per una querela.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s7"}],"assertion":"Siracusano described the image as using AI to undress a woman in order to denigrate her, called it a crime, and said she intended to file, or was weighing, a criminal complaint (querela); she told la Repubblica that her lawyers would act.","causal_attribution":"Her own statements to several outlets (reviewer translation of Adnkronos: 'Using artificial intelligence to undress a woman, with the evident will to denigrate a woman, is a gigantic problem for everyone'). An announced complaint is recorded; no filing is reported."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'A chi mi accusa, senza alcuna concretezza, di aver modificato una foto con la IA, rispondo di cercare meglio e di rivolgere le accuse, eventualmente, a chi di dovere'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s8"},{"locator":"'rimandando al blog che ha pubblicato il post corredato con la foto manipolata della deputata di Forza Italia'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Vannacci replied on Facebook that those accusing him without any concreteness of having altered a photo with AI should look better and direct their accusations to whom they are due, linking to the blog that had published the image.","causal_attribution":"Vannacci's public reply as quoted by Corriere della Calabria and Adnkronos; he denies making the alteration and does not dispute that he posted the image."}],"effects":[{"label":"an AI-altered image removing the top under her jacket and generating a deeper neckline was published on a blog and reposted by a party leader on Facebook during an election campaign; she described it as a sexist attack to denigrate her and announced legal action","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.agi.it/politica/news/2026-09-26/vannacci-siracusano-39260391/","kind":"wire_report","access":"read","language":"it","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-27 (AGI, 26 September 2026; Italian). Describes the Facebook post and the original photo. Quotations are Italian originals; English renderings in this record are reviewer translations, no human translator.","independence_group":"agi"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.rainews.it/articoli/2026/09/vannacci-rilancia-foto-scollata-della-sottosegretaria-ritoccata-con-lia-fi-insorge-3ec0ff68-f70e-4e3a-9928-23445143b36d.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"it","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-27 (RaiNews, 26 September 2026; Italian). Describes the alteration, Siracusano's statement announcing a querela, and Vannacci's reply. Reviewer translation. Siracusano's quoted words ('una scelta perversa e squallida') match those ANSA attributes to her Corriere.it interview, so for c3 this likely relays the same interview as s7.","independence_group":"rainews"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.adnkronos.com/politica/matilde-siracusano-post-foto-ritoccata-ai-fake-oggi-bufera_3BWSuxpUZl4k99BHdYNcPW","kind":"wire_report","access":"read","language":"it","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-27 (Adnkronos, 26 September 2026; Italian). Siracusano's direct comments to Adnkronos, Vannacci's Facebook reply and political reactions. Reviewer translation.","independence_group":"adnkronos"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.adnkronos.com/politica/siracusano-vannacci-foto-ia-blog-iacchite-oggi_5MZGVSAnIoHq3R7JG6ZG8c","kind":"wire_report","access":"read","language":"it","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-27 (Adnkronos, 26 September 2026; Italian). Relays the blog Iacchite's own statement on how and when it published the AI image; the blog post itself was not read. Reviewer translation.","independence_group":"iacchite-blog-statement"},{"id":"s5","url":"https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/politica/2026/09/26/bufera-per-la-foto-modificata-di-siracusano-rilanciata-da-vannacci_f4bf9e8a-edc2-49a5-b090-6cd8df138b96.html","kind":"wire_report","access":"read","language":"it","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-27 (ANSA; Italian). Canonical URL of the article read (the Google News link resolved to an older slug with the same ID); headed 'Domani si vota alle suppletive a Reggio, tempesta su Vannacci per la foto fake di Matilde Siracusano'. Reviewer translation.","independence_group":"ansa"},{"id":"s6","url":"https://www.repubblica.it/politica/2026/09/26/news/matilde_siracusano_fi_vannacci_foto_nuda_ia_intervista-425609252/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"it","translation_note":"Read on 2026-09-27 (la Repubblica interview, 26 September 2026; Italian). Only the opening of the interview was available (JSON-LD article body); the remainder is paywalled and was not read. Reviewer translation.","independence_group":"repubblica"},{"id":"s7","url":"https://www.tempostretto.it/news/post-di-vannacci-con-foto-ritoccata-dallia-matilde-siracusano-querela-lex-generale.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"it","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-27 (Tempo Stretto, Messina, 26 September 2026; Italian). Relays Siracusano's statement to Corriere della Sera (not read). Reviewer translation.","independence_group":"corriere-della-sera-interview"},{"id":"s8","url":"https://www.corrieredellacalabria.it/2026/09/26/foto-con-lia-vannacci-replica-cercate-meglio/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"it","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-27 (Corriere della Calabria, 26 September 2026; Italian). Quotes Vannacci's Facebook reply. Reviewer translation. Its account of Vannacci's reply is word-for-word identical to the corresponding RaiNews paragraph (s2), so the two share one account for c4.","independence_group":"vannacci-facebook-reply"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["public_life","elections","privacy"],"unknowns":["Which AI tool produced the image and who operated it (the blog says the AI generated the altered area but does not name the tool or the person).","Whether the criminal complaint has been filed and under which offence; whether a prosecutor has opened an investigation.","Whether the post was removed from the blog or from Vannacci's Facebook page, and how widely it was shared.","The dates of the blog's publication (24 September) and Vannacci's repost (25 September) rest only on the blog's own statement relayed by Adnkronos; no other inspected source dates the Facebook post."],"geography":{"basis":"The image was published by a Calabrian blog and on the Facebook page of an Italian party leader in the campaign for the Reggio Calabria by-election (AGI, RaiNews, ANSA, Adnkronos); Siracusano is an Italian deputy and undersecretary. No filed complaint or court is reported, so court_countries is empty.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["IT"],"affected_person_countries":["IT"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a core depicted_or_impersonated case: several national outlets describe an AI-altered image of a named public figure that removed clothing and generated a deeper neckline, circulated in an election campaign; the blog that first published it says it was produced with AI. She announced legal action. The tool and operator are unknown.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-27"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The blog Iacchite', which says it first published the image, states it was 'elaborata con l'intelligenza artificiale' and that the AI reconstructed the neck and neckline area (via Adnkronos). RaiNews and Corriere della Calabria, in an identical passage, describe it as an image generated with AI; Adnkronos as a photo retouched by AI; AGI as a collage of other photos. Siracusano says it was altered with software and AI (RaiNews, Adnkronos). These outlet descriptions do not independently establish how the image was made. No tool is named and no forensic analysis is reported.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Italy: an AI-altered photograph of Undersecretary Matilde Siracusano, with the white top under her jacket removed and a deeper neckline generated in its place, was posted by Futuro Nazionale leader Roberto Vannacci on Facebook on the eve of the Reggio Calabria by-election; she called it a sexist attack and said she would take legal action (September 2026)","summary":"On the eve of the 27-28 September 2026 Chamber by-election in the Reggio Calabria constituency, Roberto Vannacci, leader of Futuro Nazionale, posted on Facebook a campaign image showing Matilde Siracusano, Undersecretary for Relations with Parliament and a Forza Italia deputy, seated at a table beside the centre-right candidate Fabio Roscioli and Senator Claudio Lotito. According to AGI and RaiNews, the white top Siracusano wears under her floral jacket in the original photograph (taken from her Instagram profile, per RaiNews) had disappeared and a much deeper neckline appeared in its place. The Calabrian blog Iacchite', to which Vannacci pointed, said it had published the image on 24 September, that it was not a real photograph but an image produced with artificial intelligence, and that the AI had reconstructed the neck and neckline area; Vannacci reposted it on 25 September without citing the source, according to the blog. Siracusano told Adnkronos that using AI to undress a woman in order to denigrate her was 'squalid'; RaiNews reports her calling it a crime and announcing her intention to file a criminal complaint (querela), while Adnkronos and ANSA say she was weighing one; she told la Repubblica that her lawyers would act. Vannacci replied that his accusers should 'look better' for whom to blame. Ministers and politicians across parties, including Forza Italia leader Antonio Tajani, condemned the post. No complaint filing, investigation or removal of the post is reported in the inspected sources.","incidentDate":"2026-09-24","incidentEndDate":"2026-09-25","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"range","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2026-09-26","aiSystem":"An unidentified generative-AI image tool that, according to the blog Iacchite', produced the composite image and regenerated the neck and neckline area of Siracusano's photograph; the tool is not named","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Siracusano says an AI-altered image that 'undressed' her was used for electoral propaganda to denigrate her; she called it sexist and squalid and announced legal action (her statements to Adnkronos, RaiNews, la Repubblica). The image circulated on a blog and on Vannacci's Facebook page and became a national controversy (AGI, ANSA).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person, Matilde Siracusano, depicted in the altered image (AGI, RaiNews, Adnkronos). Exact 1.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"IT","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.agi.it/politica/news/2026-09-26/vannacci-siracusano-39260391/","primarySourceLabel":"AGI, 26 September 2026: Vannacci 'amplia' la scollatura di Matilde Siracusano sui social ed è subito bufera","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-27T03:39:45.926413+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:40.986462+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","image-manipulation","politics","election","italy","calabria","sexualised-imagery","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2026-bhubaneswar-bjd-women-leaders-obscene-ai-deepfake-videos-complaint","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'alleging that obscene and objectionable AI-generated deepfake videos targeting some of its women leaders were being circulated on social media.'; 'The party alleged that the videos were obscene and objectionable and were being circulated with the intention of maligning the women leaders.'; 'According to the BJD’s complaint, an account operating under the name ‘Bana Bichhuati’ has allegedly been circulating AI-generated deepfake videos targeting BJD leaders'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'ସୋସିଆଲ ମିଡ଼ିଆରେ ବିଜେଡି ନେତ୍ରୀଙ୍କ ଏଆଇ ଡିପଫେକ୍ ଭିଡିଓ କରି ବଦନାମ କରାଯାଉଛି'; 'ବଣ ବିଚ୍ଛୁଆତି ନାଁରେ ଥିବା ଆଇଡିରେ ଏଆଇ ଡିପଫେକ୍ ଭିଡିଓ କରି ବିଜେଡି ନେତ୍ରୀ'; 'ସୋସିଆଲ ମିଡିଆରେ ଅଶ୍ଳୀଳ ଓ ଆପତ୍ତିଜନକ ଏଆଇ ଡିପଫେକ୍ ଭିଡିଓ ପ୍ରସାରଣ କରାଯାଉଥିବା ନେଇ ଥାନାରେ ଏତଲା ଦେଇଛି ବିଜେଡି'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The BJD alleges that an account named 'Bana Bichhuati' has been circulating obscene and objectionable AI-generated deepfake videos of three of its women leaders on social media with the intention of maligning them.","causal_attribution":"The BJD's police complaint; Kalinga TV states that the identity of those behind the account has not been independently established."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'The party lodged a police complaint and demanded action against those allegedly involved in creating and circulating the videos.'; 'The BJD demanded that police register a case and seek assistance from Meta to obtain technical information, including the IP address and device details associated with the account.'; 'The party further demanded the immediate removal of the alleged objectionable deepfake videos from social media platforms.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'କ୍ୟାପିଟାଲ ଥାନାରେ ବିଜେଡିର ଧାରଣା'; 'ମାମଲା ରୁଜୁ କରିବା ସହିତ ​ମେଟା କର୍ତ୍ତୃପକ୍ଷଙ୍କ ସହାୟତାରେ ସଂପୃକ୍ତ ଆକାଉଣ୍ଟଧାରୀଙ୍କ IP ଆଡ୍ରେସ ଓ ଡିଭାଇସ୍ ବିବରଣୀ ସଂଗ୍ରହ କରି ଅଭିଯୁକ୍ତଙ୍କୁ ଗିରଫ କରାଯାଉ ବୋଲି ବିଜେଡି ଦାବି କରିଛି'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"On 26 September 2026 the BJD staged a dharna at Capital police station, Bhubaneswar, lodged a complaint and demanded a registered case, technical details from Meta, arrests and removal of the videos.","causal_attribution":"Kalinga TV and KNews Odisha reporting of the protest (one chain)."}],"effects":[{"label":"obscene AI deepfake videos of three women politicians were allegedly circulated on social media to malign them","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://kalingatv.com/odisha/bjd-stages-dharna-at-capital-police-station-over-alleged-ai-deepfake-videos-targeting-women-leaders/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-27 (Kalinga TV, Bhubaneswar, 26 September 2026; English). Relays the BJD complaint and demands and notes the allegations are not independently established.","independence_group":"bjd-complaint"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://knewsodisha.com/state/bjd-stages-protest-at-capital-police-station-792266","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"or","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-27 (KNews Odisha, byline Nihar Ranjan Panda, 26 September 2026; Odia). Same protest and complaint; translation by the reviewer from Odia with limited confidence, no human translator.","independence_group":"bjd-complaint"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy","public_life"],"unknowns":["When the videos were made and first circulated, on which platform(s), and how widely they spread.","Whether police registered a case or examined the videos, and whether they were removed.","Who operates the account; the BJD's attribution is not independently established.","The women leaders' own statements about the effect on them."],"geography":{"basis":"The women are Odisha politicians of the BJD and the complaint was lodged at Capital police station, Bhubaneswar (Kalinga TV). Where the account is operated from is unknown. No court proceeding is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["IN"],"affected_person_countries":["IN"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a case of allegedly obscene AI deepfake videos against three identified women politicians, with a police complaint, reported by two outlets relaying the BJD's complaint (one chain; claims reported). The women are not named here and the videos are not described.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-27"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The BJD's complaint, as reported by Kalinga TV and KNews Odisha, calls the videos AI-generated deepfakes of the three leaders; no examination by police or a platform is reported.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Bhubaneswar (Odisha): the Biju Janata Dal files a police complaint and holds a sit-in at Capital police station alleging that a social-media account is circulating obscene AI deepfake videos of three of its women leaders (26 September 2026)","summary":"On 26 September 2026 the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) staged a dharna at Capital police station in Bhubaneswar and lodged a complaint alleging that an account named 'Bana Bichhuati' was circulating obscene and objectionable AI-generated deepfake videos of three of the party's women leaders on social media to malign them (Kalinga TV; KNews Odisha). The party asked police to register a case, obtain the account's IP address and device details from Meta, identify and arrest those responsible, and have the videos removed. The reports relay the party's allegations; Kalinga TV notes that the identity of whoever runs the account has not been independently established, and no police response is reported.","incidentKind":"ongoing_experience","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-09-26","aiSystem":"AI video generation tool (unidentified) alleged to have been used to make obscene deepfake videos of three women politicians","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm","exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The BJD alleges that obscene AI-generated deepfake videos of three of its women leaders were circulated on social media to malign them (the party's police complaint, as reported by Kalinga TV and KNews Odisha).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":3,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"Three women leaders named in the BJD complaint (Kalinga TV; KNews Odisha). Kalinga TV's lead says the videos targeted 'some of its women leaders', so three is a documented minimum.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"IN-OR","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"pending","primarySourceUrl":"https://kalingatv.com/odisha/bjd-stages-dharna-at-capital-police-station-over-alleged-ai-deepfake-videos-targeting-women-leaders/","primarySourceLabel":"Kalinga TV, 26 September 2026: BJD Stages Dharna at Capital Police Station over Alleged AI Deepfake Videos Targeting Women Leaders","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-27T03:39:43.177034+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:28.807985+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","non-consensual-imagery","politics","women-politicians","social-media","meta","india","odisha","bhubaneswar","depicted-or-impersonated"]}]}