"I don't think you'll find a politician who hasn't had this done to them... to say it out loud makes me feel quite sad. Several Welsh politicians told the BBC about their experiences as victims of deepfakes, highlighting the widespread nature of AI-generated manipulated content targeting elected officials across the UK political landscape."
"Deepfakes are videos, pictures or audio clips digitally altered or manipulated to make something fake look real. Some are silly, but others could potentially damage reputations. And text-to-image AI tools have made them easier to generate than ever before, enabling content farms to produce large volumes of misleading political content."
"BBC Wales found a number of Facebook pages publishing fake news about UK politicians, often accompanied by AI-generated images. Each of these pages had thousands of followers and many of them posted the same, or very similar, content. They often had names which implied they were UK-based news outlets - but almost all were run from Vietnam."
Vietnam-based content farms are using artificial intelligence to generate fake news and deepfakes about UK politicians on Facebook, targeting Welsh and Scottish audiences. These pages, often disguised with names suggesting UK news outlets, spread manipulated videos and AI-generated images falsely depicting politicians in compromising situations. Multiple Welsh politicians have become victims of deepfakes, with some expressing sadness about the prevalence of such content. Meta removed several pages following BBC Wales investigation, though new ones continue emerging daily. The Electoral Commission is developing software to detect and combat deepfakes ahead of May elections in Wales and Scotland.
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