{"schema_version":"0.10.0","id":"LR-2026-0663","record_version":1,"title":"AI-generated women spread disinformation about Singapore on TikTok","verification":{"human_verified":false,"method":"automated_gate","auto_verified":true,"score":42.1,"score_breakdown":{"source_authority":12.1,"independent_corroboration":7.0,"implicated_party_confirmed":0.0,"citation_integrity":14.0,"specificity":0.0,"completeness":1.92,"unhedged_language":5.0},"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":1,"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":"bd972000de514485f7f9229c09889967e0af109919f5622a8b9957c89ccd4bb6"},"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":"2026-07-13","incident_class":"other","failure_class":null,"agent_involved":null,"secondary_failure_classes":[],"trigger":"unknown","duration":null,"detection_method":"unknown","summary":"A CNA investigation found an operation producing AI-generated female presenters who spoke in Mandarin about Singapore and Malaysia on TikTok. The investigation examined 30 accounts and over 550 videos, with nearly all assembled from AI-generated, manipulated or copied personas, reused voices and recycled scripts. Nearly nine in 10 videos pushed false or misleading claims, drawing more than 3 million views. Presenters repeated the same talking points over weeks and months, creating an illusion of independent voices. CNA sent questions and examples of two accounts to TikTok, and a few days later both accounts were terminated. CNA could not identify an operator or paying client, nor whether the campaign was commercial or state-linked.","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":null,"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 met: systems of others (TikTok platform) touched, with a bounded scope stated as 30 accounts and over 550 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://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/tiktok-ai-women-disinformation-deepfake-presenters-6250271","publisher":"CNA","date":"2026-07-13","type":"press","title":"AI-generated women are spreading disinformation about Singapore on TikTok - CNA","archived_url":null,"attachment":"first_report"}],"per_field_confidence":{"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","event.detection_method":"D","context.country":"D","system.developer":"D","event.date_disclosed":"D","context.denominator_available":"D"},"field_citations":{"event.incident_class":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"A CNA investigation has found about 500 TikTok videos pushing false or misleading claims about Singapore or Malaysia, drawing a total of more than 3 million views."}],"impact.severity":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"A CNA investigation of 30 such TikTok accounts found a factory-like system behind over 550 videos."}],"impact.severity_because":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"A CNA investigation of 30 such TikTok accounts found a factory-like system behind over 550 videos."}],"event.summary":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"A CNA investigation of 30 such TikTok accounts found a factory-like system behind over 550 videos."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"Nearly all (98 per cent) were assembled by taking AI-generated, manipulated or copied female personas, and stitching them together with reused voices and recycled scripts."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"Nearly nine in 10 videos pushed false or misleading claims about Singapore and Malaysia, drawing more than 3 million views in total."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"These 94 videos appeared to adopt a similar playbook: Different female presenters “took turns” delivering the same commentary over weeks and months, creating an illusion of independent voices arriving at the same conclusions."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"A few days later, both accounts were terminated."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"CNA however could not identify an operator or paying client behind the operation, nor determine whether it was commercial or state-linked."}]},"notes_on_gaps":"Only one source (CNA press investigation) was given. No developer, model name, version, harness, tools, or autonomy level is stated, and the source does not say an autonomous agent was involved, so agent_involved and failure_class are left out. The operator, paying client, and whether the campaign was commercial or state-linked are not identified. The trigger, root cause, responsible party, and adversarial actor are not stated. Date_occurred is not set because the source gives only a range (October 2025 to June 2026). Date_detected is not stated; date_disclosed uses the article publication date 2026-07-13 from the source header. The incident class 'other' is my judgement for disinformation content, which is not an exact fit for any listed class. Severity moderate is my judgement from the bounded scope (30 accounts, over 550 videos). View counts measure reach, not persuasion, as the source notes. The controls listed are only TikTok's account enforcement, as reported; no other controls are stated. The deployment and lifecycle values are inferred from the videos being publicly posted on TikTok. [case created by the backfill: read by claude-haiku-5-5, backfill-2026-11-01.2, 2026-11-01; not yet reviewed] [2026-11-01: evidence level set: Preliminary (Publisher not yet named · subject to change)]"},"context":{"industry":null,"org_size_band":null,"country":"unknown","denominator_available":false,"denominator":null,"related_incident_ids":[],"systemic_exposure":null,"shared_model_id":null,"upstream_incident_id":null,"incident_evidence":null,"regulatory":null,"coverage":null},"narrative":{"steps":[{"step":"went_wrong","text":"Nearly nine in 10 of the videos pushed false or misleading claims.","quote":"Nearly nine in 10 videos pushed false or misleading claims about Singapore and Malaysia, drawing more than 3 million views in total.","source_index":0,"grade":"C"}],"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"backfill-2026-11-01.2","extracted_at":"2026-11-01","source_urls":["https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/tiktok-ai-women-disinformation-deepfake-presenters-6250271"]}}