Doctored-video fears can cause real violence when victims match the false profile

Evidence

But what are people supposed to think when they receive such doctored videos in an urgent message from a friend? In the Athimoor case and the murder of Rukmani, the WhatsApp video featured a car and a woman handing out chocolates. The victim and her family fitted the profile. Neela, a local resident, stated in a media interview: ‘Of course, we had to suspect her. She came in a car, like it was shown in that WhatsApp video. What if she had taken those children away?’ — Sander van der Linden, Foolproof, 356

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Doctored videos can be shallowfakes, simple out-of-context cuts reused as misinformation — Sander van der Linden, Foolproof: Why Misinformation Infects…, 355; Mass killer profiles produce many false positives labeling nonviolent people as violent — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 1280; Killer profiles generate many false positives and miss most loners

Broader Connections

• Mass killer profiles produce many false positives labeling nonviolent people as violent #corroborates (0.85) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 1280
• Killer profiles generate many false positives and miss most loners #corroborates (0.85)
• Doctored videos can be shallowfakes, simple out-of-context cuts reused as misinformation #qualifies (0.75) — Sander van der Linden, Foolproof, 355