Deepfake case study · Multi-modal
Financial Times journalist (unnamed in article) deepfake (Apr 2025)
Deepfake videos and Photoshopped images of a Financial Times journalist were used in over 1,700 advertisements on Facebook and Instagram to promote a fraudulent investment group. The ads reached over 970,000 users in…
- Incident date
- Apr 2025
- Target
- Financial Times journalist (unnamed in article)
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read
Deepfake videos and Photoshopped images of a Financial Times journalist were used in over 1,700 advertisements on Facebook and Instagram to promote a fraudulent investment group. The ads reached over 970,000 users in the EU alone. Meta removed some ads after being notified but the deepfakes continued to reappear.