Deepfake video falsely portrays Indonesian Finance Minister discussing teachers
A deepfake video falsely depicted Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati making derogatory statements about teachers, using AI to manipulate her speech from a science and technology forum. The ministry confirmed the video was fabricated and denied the minister ever made such claims.
What happened
A deepfake video circulated on social media showing Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati calling teachers a financial burden to the state. The video was created by editing footage from her speech at the Science, Technology, and Industry Convention at ITB on August 7, 2025, using artificial intelligence.
Reported impact
The fabricated video spread across social media platforms. Sri Mulyani denied the statement, clarifying that she never said teachers were a state burden and that the video represented a distorted and incomplete excerpt from her actual speech.
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