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Re:Deepfakes weaponised to target Pakistan's women leaders by alephnerd on Saturday December 07, 2024 @09:04PM (#42354441)
Deepfakes are being weaponized against all politicians in Pakistan - not just women.

FYI, Pakistan is also in the process of releasing it's version of China's Great Firewall and has heavily leveraged the "AI Safety" argument for that [0][1].

Also, it's quite rich that a PMLN minister in Punjab is complaining about electoral safety when her party viciously cracked down on the PTI.

[0] - https://tribune.com.pk/story/2467727/rs20b-sought-to-boost-c...

[1] - https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Telecommunication/Pakistan-...

Re:Deepfakes weaponised to target Pakistan's women leaders by selimthegrim on Sunday December 08, 2024 @10:09AM (#42357552)
There was one that got assassinated a few years back.