Misleading Deepfake Video of Trump Mocking Zelenskyy for Clothing Goes Viral on Facebook
Description
In March 2025, an AI-generated deepfake video of Donald Trump criticizing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for his clothing circulated widely on Facebook. In the video, Trump mocks Zelenskyy by calling him "Temu Zelenskyy." The video was created by a parody YouTube channel using AI voice and face synthesis tools, but it was reportedly mistaken by some viewers as real.
Actors
Alleged Deployers
- dangerousai
Alleged Developers
- deepfake-technology-developers
- synthetic-audio-generation-technology-developers
Harmed Parties
- volodymyr-zelenskyy
- donald-trump
- general-public
- facebook-users
- youtube-users
Classification
Risk Domain
MisinformationRisk Subdomain
3.1. False or misleading information
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