Trump Supporters Share Deepfake Images of Black Individuals Endorsing Him
Supporters of Donald Trump have been circulating AI-generated deepfake images of black individuals endorsing Trump in an effort to sway African American voters toward the Republican party. One of these fakes includes a picture that went viral of Trump with black voters. They were spread across platforms like Instagram and Facebook but were flagged and removed for violating policies against manipulated media. There is no direct evidence linking the Trump campaign to the production or distribution of these deepfakes.
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00:00 It's Benzinga and here's what's on the block.
00:02 Supporters of Donald Trump have been circulating AI-generated deepfake images of black individuals
00:07 endorsing Trump in an effort to sway African-American voters towards the Republican Party.
00:11 One of these fakes includes a picture that went viral of Trump with black voters.
00:14 They were spread across platforms like Instagram and Facebook,
00:17 but were flagged and removed for violating policies against manipulated media.
00:20 There's no direct evidence linking the Trump campaign to the production or distribution
00:24 of these deepfakes.
00:25 Civil rights groups condemned the targeting of black voters with
00:28 deliberately misleading AI-generated propaganda.
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