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UK Royal Family, Prime Minister Deepfakes Make Rounds on Meta

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Feed Name: Dark Reading

Threat Score
40/100

Date Published: 2024-08-14

Date Updated: 2026-04-21

Author: Dark Reading Staff

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AI-generated deepfake videos of UK political and royal figures are being used in paid advertisements on Meta platforms to promote a fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme called "Immediate Edge." Researchers found about 250 such ads since the UK election that reached up to 891,834 people and collectively caused around £21,053 in losses, illustrating an active financial disinformation/scam campaign leveraging deepfakes.

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