'Citizens Against Mamdani' Accounts Reportedly Posted AI-Generated Videos of Fictional New Yorkers to Simulate Political Opposition
Date: 2025-11-05
Affected: Citizens Against Mamdani, Citizens Against Mamdani Social Media Accounts, Deepfake Technology Developers, Information Manipulation Actors, Information Manipulation Actors Targeting Zohran Mamdani, Openai, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers, Unknown Social Media Account Operators
Attack vector: deepfake
Category: real-world
Severity: High

AI Incident Database (AIID) entry #1425: 'Citizens Against Mamdani' Accounts Reportedly Posted AI-Generated Videos of Fictional New Yorkers to Simulate Political Opposition. Alleged deployer/developer: Citizens Against Mamdani, Citizens Against Mamdani Social Media Accounts, Deepfake Technology Developers, Information Manipulation Actors, Information Manipulation Actors Targeting Zohran Mamdani, Openai, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers, Unknown Social Media Account Operators. See the linked AIID entry for full narrative, sourcing, and classification.


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