Incident #1529
Purportedly AI-Manipulated Image Allegedly Suggested Inappropriate Conduct Between Besnik Tahiri and Duda Balje in Kosovo Parliament
Description
The Facebook page Specbuk reportedly published an AI-manipulated image allegedly suggesting inappropriate physical conduct between Kosovo MPs Besnik Tahiri and Duda Balje inside Kosovo's Parliament. KALLXO/Krypometër reported that the image had a high probability of being AI-generated, and Tahiri reportedly said the post was fake news intended to damage his political reputation.
Actors
Alleged Deployers
- specbuk-(facebook)
- information-manipulation-actors-in-kosovo
- information-manipulation-actors
Alleged Developers
- synthetic-media-generation-technology-developers
- deepfake-technology-developers
- synthetic-image-generation-technology-developers
Harmed Parties
- voters-in-kosovo
- voters
- general-public-of-kosovo
- general-public
- epistemic-integrity
- duda-balje
- democratic-integrity
- besnik-tahiri