{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-29T06:54:47.715Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"unlicensed-remedies","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"","evidence":"","year":"","response":"regulatory","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":1,"coverage":{"cases":1,"countries":1,"languages":1,"unknownLocation":0,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":1,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":1,"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-lebanon-police-say-ai-generated-videos-falsely-showed-complainant-promoting-remedies-sold-online-arrests-made","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"صدر عن المديرية العامة لقوى الأمن الداخلي ـ شعبة العلاقات العامة البلاغ التالي: ... وردت إلى المكتب شكوى مقدّمة أمام القضاء المختص ضدّ صفحات مشبوهة على منصّتَي «Facebook» و«TikTok»، تروّج لأنواع مختلفة من الأدوية والمستحضرات باستخدام مقاطع فيديو مولّدة بواسطة الذكاء الاصطناعي، يظهر فيها المدّعي بصورة توحي زورًا بأنّه يروّج لهذه المنتجات.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"وردت إلى المكتب شكوى مقدّمة أمام القضاء المختص ضدّ صفحات مشبوهة على منصّتَي «Facebook» و«TikTok»، تروّج لأنواع مختلفة من الأدوية والمستحضرات باستخدام مقاطع فيديو مولّدة بواسطة الذكاء الاصطناعي، يظهر فيها المدّعي بصورة توحي زورًا بأنّه يروّج لهذه المنتجات.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The ISF says its Cybercrime Bureau received a complaint, filed with the judiciary, against Facebook and TikTok pages that promoted medicines and preparations using AI-generated videos in which the complainant appeared in a way that falsely suggested the complainant was promoting the products.","causal_attribution":"Police statement; the technical basis for calling the videos AI-generated is not disclosed."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"باستخدام الذكاء الاصطناعي، روّجوا لمستحضرات طبية مجهولة المحتوى عبر مواقع التواصل الاجتماعي","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The ISF's official post says the suspects used AI to promote medical preparations of unknown content on social media.","causal_attribution":"Police post embedded in the article; basis not disclosed."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"وشملت المنتجات المروّج لها مستحضرات يُزعم أنّها مخصّصة لعلاج آلام المعدة والمفاصل، ومشكلات البروستات والقلب، وتنظيم معدّلات السكّر وضغط الدم، إضافةً إلى مقوّيات جنسية ومستحضرات للتنحيف.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The ISF says the products were presented as treatments for stomach and joint pain, prostate and heart problems, blood sugar and blood pressure, and included sexual enhancers and slimming preparations.","causal_attribution":"Police statement."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"وتمكّنت إحدى دوريّاته من توقيف شخصَين بالجرم المشهود في محلّة سليم سلام، أثناء قيامهما بإيداع عشرات الطلبيّات لدى إحدى شركات التوصيل ... وضُبط بحوزتهما مبلغ /13,602/ دولارًا أميركيًّا، أفادا بأنّه ناتج عن عمليّات البيع اليوميّة لهذه المنتجات. ... نفّذ المكتب سلسلة مداهمات في محلّات بربور – بيروت، والدبيّة، والشويفات، وداريا، أسفرت عن توقيف عدد من المتورّطين ... كما جرى تعميم بلاغ بحقّ أحد المتوارين عن الأنظار، ولا يزال العمل جاريًا لتوقيف باقي المتورّطين","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The ISF says a patrol caught two people in the act while depositing dozens of orders with a delivery company, with 13,602 US dollars they said came from daily sales, and that raids led to further arrests, with one person in hiding sought.","causal_attribution":"Police statement; no charges or court proceedings are reported."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"وكشفت التحقيقات أنّ بعض الخلطات المستخدمة لا تتطابق مع المكوّنات المدوّنة على المنتجات، وأنّ بعضها كان يُحضَّر من أعشاب مجهولة المصدر تُعبَّأ داخل كبسولات.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The ISF says some mixtures did not match the ingredients listed on the products and some were capsules filled with herbs of unknown origin.","causal_attribution":"Police statement; laboratory testing was pending."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"وعُثر على مستندات ورقيّة تتضمّن بيانات آلاف الطلبيّات، ما يشير إلى أنّ عددًا كبيرًا من المواطنين اشتروا هذه المنتجات. وقد جرى تكليف وزارة الصحة العامّة بإجراء التحاليل المخبريّة اللازمة على الحبوب والمستحضرات المضبوطة، لتحديد مكوّناتها وطبيعتها.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The ISF says paper records of thousands of orders indicate that a large number of people bought the products, and that the Ministry of Public Health was asked to test the seized products.","causal_attribution":"Police statement; no buyer count or test result is given."}],"effects":[{"label":"complainant's likeness used in AI-generated videos falsely endorsing remedies (police statement)","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"buyers sold preparations whose contents in part did not match their labels (police statement)","claim_id":"c5","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://kataeb.org/articles/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%88-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1-%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%81-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86-%D9%88%D9%82%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%A7-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%AE%D8%A3%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%88%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%B6%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D9%80%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B0%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B5%D8%B7%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%8A","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ar","translation_note":"Read in Arabic by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-29 (HTTP 200): a full reproduction of the ISF Directorate General statement and the embedded post of the ISF's official account. Translated by the research agent (an AI); no human translator.","independence_group":"lebanon-isf-statement-2026-10-28"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.lebanonon.com/news/444274","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ar","translation_note":"Read in Arabic by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-29 (HTTP 200, published 28 Oct 2026 16:25). It reproduces the same ISF statement, so it is not independent of s1. Its headline figure of five arrests is not used. Translated by the research agent (an AI).","independence_group":"lebanon-isf-statement-2026-10-28"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["health","finance","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["Who the complainant is and how the complainant learned of the videos.","How the ISF established that the videos were AI-generated, and which tool was used.","How many people bought the products, and whether any buyer was harmed by them.","When the pages began operating and when the arrests took place.","The results of the Ministry of Public Health tests and any charges filed."],"geography":{"basis":"The ISF statement places the arrests and raids in Salim Salam, Barbour (Beirut), Dbayeh, Choueifat and Daraya and says the complaint was filed with the competent judiciary, which directs the investigation. Where the complainant and the buyers live is not stated.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["LB"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published because the investigating police state, in their own statement and post, that AI-generated videos falsely showed the complainant endorsing remedies sold through social-media pages, and report arrests and products that did not match their labels. The police do not disclose the technical basis of the AI attribution; the claims are attributed to the ISF.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-29"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Lebanon's Internal Security Forces, which investigated the complaint, say the pages promoted the products with videos generated by artificial intelligence in which the complainant falsely appeared to endorse them, and the ISF's own post says the suspects used AI to promote the preparations. The generated depiction was the advertising through which the products were sold. The ISF does not disclose how it established that the videos were AI-generated or which tool was used.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Lebanon police say pages sold remedies using AI-generated videos falsely showing a complainant endorsing them; arrests and raids followed","summary":"In a statement published on 28 October 2026, Lebanon's Internal Security Forces (ISF) said their Cybercrime and Intellectual Property Bureau had received a complaint, filed with the competent judiciary, against Facebook and TikTok pages that promoted various medicines and preparations using videos generated by artificial intelligence, in which the complainant appeared in a way that falsely suggested the complainant was promoting the products. The products were said to treat stomach and joint pain, prostate and heart problems, blood sugar and blood pressure, and included sexual enhancers and slimming preparations. A patrol caught two people in the act of handing dozens of orders to a delivery company, with 13,602 US dollars they said came from daily sales; raids in Beirut and other areas led to further arrests and the seizure of thousands of containers. The ISF said some mixtures did not match the ingredients on the labels, that paper records of thousands of orders indicated a large number of buyers, and that the Ministry of Public Health was testing the seized products. The ISF did not say how it established that the videos were AI-generated, and the complainant is not named.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-10-28","aiSystem":"AI-generated promotional videos on Facebook and TikTok pages, described by Lebanon's Internal Security Forces as generated by artificial intelligence (tool not identified)","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm","other_material_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Police say the complainant's likeness was used without consent in AI-generated videos to endorse remedies, and that buyers placed thousands of orders for preparations whose contents in part did not match their labels (police statement; testing pending).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"partial","affectedCountEvidence":"One counted: the complainant, shown in the AI-generated videos, who filed a complaint with the judiciary. The buyers are described by the police only as a large number (paper records of thousands of orders); orders are not people, so no buyer count is recorded.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"pending","primarySourceUrl":"https://kataeb.org/articles/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%88-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1-%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%81-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86-%D9%88%D9%82%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%A7-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%AE%D8%A3%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%88%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%B6%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D9%80%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B0%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B5%D8%B7%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%8A","primarySourceLabel":"Kataeb.org, 28 Oct 2026: reproduction of the Internal Security Forces statement on remedies promoted with AI","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-29T03:12:57.666911+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-29T03:12:57.666911+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["police-statement","ai-generated-video","fake-endorsement","unlicensed-remedies","facebook","tiktok"]}]}