{
 "id": "AIR-2020-0005",
 "slug": "bjp-used-deepfake-videos-of-manoj-tiwari-in-delhi-election",
 "title": "BJP Used Deepfake Videos of Manoj Tiwari in Delhi Election",
 "summary": "Political actors used deepfake videos of leader Manoj Tiwari delivering campaign messages in languages he did not speak to influence voters. The deepfakes were distributed via thousands of WhatsApp groups without disclosure.",
 "type": "ai_enabled_attack",
 "categories": [
  "deepfake_fraud"
 ],
 "severity": 3,
 "targets": [
  "individual_victims"
 ],
 "products": [
  "WhatsApp"
 ],
 "incident_date": "2020-02-07",
 "incident_date_precision": "day",
 "first_reported": "2020-06-24",
 "sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1336",
   "publisher": "AI Incident Database",
   "title": "BJP Used Deepfake Videos of Manoj Tiwari to Target Haryanvi Voters in 2020 Delhi Election",
   "published_at": "2020-06-24"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://nytimes.com/2020/06/24/technology/facial-recognition-arrest.html",
   "publisher": "The New York Times",
   "title": "Wrongfully Accused by an Algorithm",
   "published_at": "2020-06-24"
  }
 ],
 "source_count": 2,
 "confidence": 0.85,
 "status": "published",
 "origin": "seed_aiid",
 "tags": [
  "deepfake",
  "election",
  "misinformation",
  "whatsapp"
 ],
 "created_at": "2026-10-18T06:33:31.967Z",
 "updated_at": "2026-10-18T06:59:35.797Z"
}