'Digital Colonisation': West Papuan Activist Targeted in Fake AI-Generated Reel

'Digital colonisation': West Papuan activist targeted in fake AI-generated reel

A West Papuan independence activist says AI-generated fake footage of her and her words has been used to spread disinformation on social media.

‘Digital colonisation’ – West Papuan activist targeted in fake AI-generated reel

By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific senior journalist A West Papuan independence activist says AI-generated fake footage of her and her words has been used to spread disinformation on social media. Koteka Wenda, daughter of the leader of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), Benny Wenda, said the Instagram video reel by an Indonesian nationalist account cast her speaking out against a new film about land grabs and human rights abuses …