{"schema_version":"0.10.0","id":"LR-2026-0329","record_version":1,"title":"Deepfake videos falsely show Indian journalists reporting NDA leaders funded PTI","verification":{"human_verified":false,"method":"automated_gate","auto_verified":true,"score":55.0,"score_breakdown":{"source_authority":12.1,"independent_corroboration":20.0,"implicated_party_confirmed":0.0,"citation_integrity":14.0,"specificity":0.0,"completeness":2.56,"unhedged_language":3.64},"checks":{"schema_valid":true,"every_field_cited":true,"quotes_verbatim":true,"source_fetched":true,"distinct_incident":true,"dates_plausible":true,"sources_agree":true,"source_describes_incident":true,"severe_backed_by_source":true,"record_integrity":true,"eligible":true,"about_this_case":true},"gate_version":"gate-2026-10-18.7","cross_check_model":null,"cross_check_agreement":null,"duplicate_of":null,"verified_by":null,"verified_at":"2026-11-01","extraction_run_id":null,"evidence_level":{"level":"preliminary","reason":"Publisher not yet named · subject to change","original_document":null,"reports_total":3,"reports_independent":0,"reports_derivative":0,"developing":false,"disputed":false,"rules_version":"evidence-2026-10-29.1","computed_at":"2026-11-01","history":[{"date":"2026-11-01","from_level":null,"to_level":"preliminary","reason":"Publisher not yet named · subject to change"}]},"sources_hash":"da1fe4edbbbae459c18057a75c13d3def0ba3a9c248f86a89c96836041ef282d"},"system":{"model_name":null,"model_version":null,"developer":"unknown","harness":null,"tools_granted":[],"permissions_scope":null,"autonomy_level":"unknown","guardrails_present":[],"deployment_context":"unknown","tier":null,"lifecycle_stage":null,"integration_type":null,"intended_use":null,"safeguard_state":null,"production_intended":null},"event":{"date_occurred":null,"date_disclosed":"2025-11-21","incident_class":"other","failure_class":null,"agent_involved":null,"secondary_failure_classes":[],"trigger":"unknown","duration":null,"detection_method":"third_party","summary":"Three videos circulating on social media showed senior Indian journalists apparently reporting that Bihar NDA leaders were under investigation for funding Pakistan's PTI. The clips used the likenesses of Ravish Kumar, Palki Sharma and Shiv Aroor. Fact-checkers found that no such reports appeared on the journalists' or outlets' official platforms. Reverse image searches traced the backgrounds and attire to genuine broadcasts from 15 and 20 November 2025. AI voice and video detection tools flagged the clips as likely synthetic. Fact-checkers concluded that the audio was AI-generated and added to unrelated original videos, and that none of the reporters made the statements attributed to them.","tags":[],"date_detected":null,"near_miss":null,"root_cause":null,"root_cause_detail":null,"failure_class_detail":null,"responsible_party":null,"adversarial_actor":null,"input_provenance":"AI-generated audio added to unrelated original videos, with original visuals paired with fabricated audio","time_to_contain":null,"operations_paused":null,"remediation":null,"precursor_events":null},"impact":{"direct_loss_usd":null,"remediation_hours":null,"records_exposed":null,"third_parties_affected_count":null,"severity":"moderate","severity_because":"moderate test: the likenesses of third-party journalists and their outlets were used in fabricated videos, with scope bounded to the three stated videos","harm_class":[],"affected_description":null,"protected_class_involved":null,"data_categories_exposed":[],"loss_range_usd":null,"reversibility":null,"downstream_exposure_count":null},"evidence":{"sources":[{"url":"https://newschecker.in/ai-deepfake/viral-videos-of-indian-journalists-reporting-that-bihar-nda-leaders-funded-pakistans-pti-are-doctored","publisher":"Newschecker","date":"2025-11-21","type":"press","title":"Fact Check: Viral Videos Of Indian Journalists Reporting That Bihar NDA Leaders Funded Pakistan’s PTI Are Doctored - Newschecker","archived_url":null,"attachment":"first_report"},{"url":"https://www.boomlive.in/fact-check/false-claims-indian-journalists-report-bihar-leaders-funding-pakistan-pti-30073","publisher":"BOOM Fact Check","date":"2025-11-24","type":"press","title":"AI Clips Claim Indian Anchors Reported Bihar NDA Leaders Backed Pakistan’s PTI | BOOM - BOOM Fact Check","archived_url":null},{"url":"https://factly.in/these-viral-videos-allegedly-showing-indian-journalists-reporting-that-nda-leaders-funded-pakistans-political-party-pti-are-fake/","publisher":"FACTLY","date":"2025-11-24","type":"press","title":"These viral videos, allegedly showing Indian journalists reporting that NDA leaders funded Pakistan’s political party PTI, are fake - FACTLY","archived_url":null}],"per_field_confidence":{"event.detection_method":"C","event.input_provenance":"C","event.incident_class":"D","impact.severity":"D","impact.severity_because":"D","event.summary":"C","system.autonomy_level":"D","system.deployment_context":"D","event.trigger":"D","context.country":"D","system.developer":"D","event.date_disclosed":"D","context.denominator_available":"D"},"field_citations":{"event.detection_method":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"Newschecker’s investigation revealed that the videos are manipulated."}],"event.input_provenance":[{"source_index":2,"quote":"The viral clips are digitally manipulated, using AI-generated/deepfake audio added to unrelated original videos."}],"event.incident_class":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"All three viral videos are doctored."}],"impact.severity":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"Three videos circulating on social media allegedly show senior Indian journalists reporting that prominent Bihar NDA leaders, including Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha, are under investigation for funding Pakistan’s political outfit, PTI."}],"impact.severity_because":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"Three videos circulating on social media allegedly show senior Indian journalists reporting that prominent Bihar NDA leaders, including Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha, are under investigation for funding Pakistan’s political outfit, PTI."}],"event.summary":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"Three videos circulating on social media allegedly show senior Indian journalists reporting that prominent Bihar NDA leaders, including Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha, are under investigation for funding Pakistan’s political outfit, PTI."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"No such report was found on Firstpost’s website, YouTube channel, or official social media handles of Sharma."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"Reverse image search traced the background and attire to a genuine video posted on November 20, 2025, where Kumar was reporting on the Bihar government’s oath-taking ceremony."},{"source_index":1,"quote":"BOOM found that both viral videos are digitally manipulated and contain AI-generated audio and altered visuals."},{"source_index":2,"quote":"The viral clips are digitally manipulated, using AI-generated/deepfake audio added to unrelated original videos."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"None of the reporters made the statements attributed to them."}]},"notes_on_gaps":"No AI system, developer, model or agent is identified by the sources; the deepfakes were made by unknown parties, so system fields, agent_involved, failure_class, trigger, root_cause, responsible_party and adversarial_actor are omitted as not stated. No creation or disclosure date appears as a stated sentence in the bodies, so date fields are omitted; the Newschecker and FACTLY dates appear only in page headers or metadata. No controls, containment, takedown or remediation are stated, so links and remediations are empty. Judgement: incident_class set to other because the deepfakes are third-party media rather than a system output class; detection_method set to third_party for the fact-checkers; country set to IN inferred from Bihar and Indian journalists; severity set to moderate because third-party likenesses were used with a scope of three stated videos; harm_class reputational is inferred from attributed false statements. Sources conflict on count: Newschecker says three videos, BOOM says two, and FACTLY names four leaders while Newschecker names three. Detection tools (Hive, Hiya, Resemble.ai, Deepfake-o-meter) were used by fact-checkers and are not controls of any implicated party. 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