Incident #698·Misinformation

Deepfake Video of Ron DeSantis Dropping Out of 2024 Presidential Race Circulating

September 2, 20231 reportsView on AIID

Description

In early September 2023, a deepfake video created by C3PMeme circulated on social media, showing Ron DeSantis falsely claiming he was dropping out of the 2024 presidential race. DeSantis did not actually suspend his campaign until January 21, 2024.

Actors

Alleged Deployers

c3pmeme

Alleged Developers

deepfake-technology-developers

Harmed Parties

ron-desantis
ron-desantis's-presidential-campaign

Classification

Risk Domain

Misinformation

Risk Subdomain

3.1. False or misleading information

MIT Risk Profile

HumanIntentionalPost-deployment

Source

Databaseaiid

LicenseCC BY-SA 4.0

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Source Reports(1 total)

There Is Now A Deep Fake Video Of Ron DeSantis Dropping Out Of The 2024 Race

forbes.com· Sep 2023