Oregon county chair candidate targeted by deepfake video of her real speech
What happened
A real speech by Nafisa Fai, candidate for chair of the Washington County Board of Commissioners in Oregon, was edited into a deepfake, reports say. The US flag in the footage was flipped upside down and paired with her talking about Somalia. The X account End Wokeness, which has 3.9 million followers, posted the 26-second video, and it spread widely across the US. Comments called for Fai's deportation. After a candidate forum in Hillsboro on Thursday, someone confronted her in person. Coverage reached the Hacker News front page on October 21.
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- Hacker News front pageDeepfake of Washington County, Oregon, Candidate Goes Viral Nationwide
华盛顿县委员会主席候选人 Nafisa Fai 的一段深度伪造视频在 X 上疯传，视频将她真实演讲中的美国国旗篡改为倒挂，并配上她讲索马里的画面。拥有 390 万粉丝的账号 "End Wokeness" 发布这段 26 秒剪辑后，评论区出现要求驱逐她的言论，周四 Hillsboro 候选人论坛后还有人当面质问 Fai。
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