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Incident 328: Fake Accounts Using GAN Faces Deployed by Propaganda Campaign on Social Platforms

Description: A pro-China propaganda campaign deployed fake accounts on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube using GAN-synthesized faces to share and post comments on its content to gain wider circulation.

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Alleged: unknown developed an AI system deployed by Spamouflage Dragon, which harmed Facebook users , Twitter Users and YouTube users.

Incident Stats

Incident ID
328
Report Count
2
Incident Date
2020-06-13
Editors
Khoa Lam
Applied Taxonomies
MIT

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Machine-Classified
Taxonomy Details

Risk Subdomain

A further 23 subdomains create an accessible and understandable classification of hazards and harms associated with AI
 

4.1. Disinformation, surveillance, and influence at scale

Risk Domain

The Domain Taxonomy of AI Risks classifies risks into seven AI risk domains: (1) Discrimination & toxicity, (2) Privacy & security, (3) Misinformation, (4) Malicious actors & misuse, (5) Human-computer interaction, (6) Socioeconomic & environmental harms, and (7) AI system safety, failures & limitations.
 
  1. Malicious Actors & Misuse

Entity

Which, if any, entity is presented as the main cause of the risk
 

Human

Timing

The stage in the AI lifecycle at which the risk is presented as occurring
 

Post-deployment

Intent

Whether the risk is presented as occurring as an expected or unexpected outcome from pursuing a goal
 

Intentional

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Incident OccurrenceSpamouflage Goes to America — Pro-Chinese Inauthentic Network Debuts English-Language VideosPro-China Propaganda Act Used Fake Followers Made With AI-Generated Images
Spamouflage Goes to America — Pro-Chinese Inauthentic Network Debuts English-Language Videos

Spamouflage Goes to America — Pro-Chinese Inauthentic Network Debuts English-Language Videos

graphika.com

Pro-China Propaganda Act Used Fake Followers Made With AI-Generated Images

Pro-China Propaganda Act Used Fake Followers Made With AI-Generated Images

pcmag.com

Spamouflage Goes to America — Pro-Chinese Inauthentic Network Debuts English-Language Videos
graphika.com · 2020

Social media accounts from the pro-Chinese political spam network Spamouflage Dragon started posting English-language videos that attacked American policy and the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump in June, as the rhetorical conf…

Pro-China Propaganda Act Used Fake Followers Made With AI-Generated Images
pcmag.com · 2020

A pro-China propaganda campaign that’s been bashing the US on social media created fake followers with the help of AI-generated images. 

Since June, the campaign has been posting English-language videos critical of the Trump administration …

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