Freedom House India A political party in Tamil Nadu circulated AI-generated videos of its long-dead founder to mobilize its activists. Rwanda AI-GENERATED IMAGE A progovernment network used AI image-generation tools to mock critics of the ruling party, though the posts had little reach or engagement. Indonesia AI-GENERATED IMAGE President-elect Prabowo Subianto used an AI-generated avatar to rebrand himself as “cuddly,” papering over credible allegations that he had committed rights abuses as a military commander. AI-GENERATED IMAGE Generative AI at the ballot box Belarus The opposition created Yas Gaspadar, a made-up candidate with an AI-generated avatar, to mock the government’s censorship regime. European Union AI-GENERATED IMAGE Maldita.es, a fact-checking group within the European Digital Media Observatory network, debunked an AI-generated photo that spread a rumor that immigrants had set the Louvre on fire. Pakistan AI-GENERATED IMAGE When former prime minister Imran Khan was jailed ahead of the election, his party deployed a generative AI avatar to deliver speeches that he wrote behind bars. AI-GENERATED IMAGE @freedomhouse freedomhouse.org 11