Deepfake Politics: How Fabricated Videos Threaten Everyone

11 Aug 2025 · 1 min

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TJ Walker warns that fabricated videos (deepfakes) of public figures—citing Representative AOC as an example—are being used to manipulate public perception and hijack democracy by exploiting communications channels; he argues everyone (across the political spectrum) is at risk and cautions that video alone is not proof of authenticity.

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When enemies of Representative AOC just fabricate a video of her doing something that makes her look stupid, Idiotic, extremist, far left, out of touch, like criticizing the Sydney Sweeney ad. They are hijacking democracy by hijacking the communications infrastructure. And they are playing people like Chris Cuomo as fools, getting them to do propaganda. Good, evil. Hey, here's somebody out, like, so she must be evil, saying stupid things. Today it's aoc, but tomorrow it's going to be Trump, it's going to be prominent Republicans. Everyone is at risk. And we got to realize, just because something is on video doesn't mean it's real.