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Purportedly AI-Generated Video Allegedly Depicts Martin Luther King Jr. Supporting Donald Trump

AI Incident Database · article · Nov 4, 2024 · UTC

A purported deepfake video allegedly depicting Martin Luther King Jr. endorsing Donald Trump circulated on X, where it was reported to have been viewed over 10 million times. The video, reportedly created by pro-Trump accounts, was reportedly condemned by King's daughter, Bernice King, who called it "vile" and demanded its removal.

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incident-report
evidenceStatus
reported
region
Global

Reported occurrence date: 2024-11-03T00:00:00.000Z

Evidence & attribution

AI Incident Database, Responsible AI Collaborative; McGregor (2021), Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents. Incident-specific contributor credits are available at each citation link. Metadata adapted; article text excluded.

License: CC BY-SA 4.0

First collected: 2026-09-19T22:50:59.123Z. This is not the publication date.

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