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Azerbaijani Media Agency Reportedly Warned Purported Deepfake Videos Attributed to Defense and Foreign Ministers Claimed Belarusian Plane Was Downed in Russian Airspace

AI Incident Database · article · Jul 12, 2025 · UTC

Azerbaijan's Media Development Agency reported that purportedly AI-generated deepfake videos circulated on social media appearing to show statements by Azerbaijan's defense and foreign ministers (Zakir Hasanov and Jeyhun Bayramov, respectively) about the alleged downing of a Belarusian aircraft in Russian airspace. The agency reportedly denied the videos were authentic and called them an information manipulation effort aimed at misleading public opinion.

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incident-report
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reported
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Global

Reported occurrence date: 2025-07-12T00:00:00.000Z

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

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