Purported Deepfake Ads Reportedly Fabricated BBC Question Time Confrontations Between Andrew Bailey and Nigel Farage
Date: 2026-06-08
Affected: Deepfake Technology Developers, Image Generation Technology Developers, Investment Scam Operators, Malvertising Actors, News Media Impersonation Actors, Scammers, Synthetic Media Generation Technology Developers, Synthetic Video Generation Technology Developers, X (twitter) Ad Buyers
Attack vector: deepfake
Category: real-world
Severity: High

AI Incident Database (AIID) entry #1527: Purported Deepfake Ads Reportedly Fabricated BBC Question Time Confrontations Between Andrew Bailey and Nigel Farage. Alleged deployer/developer: Deepfake Technology Developers, Image Generation Technology Developers, Investment Scam Operators, Malvertising Actors, News Media Impersonation Actors, Scammers, Synthetic Media Generation Technology Developers, Synthetic Video Generation Technology Developers, X (twitter) Ad Buyers. See the linked AIID entry for full narrative, sourcing, and classification.


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