Banned videos of Ángela Aguilar come to light… but they are deepfake
Posted on 11/07/23 at 23:00
- False deepfake videos of the singer Ángela Aguilar
- Support and confusion on social networks
- Impact of deepfakes
Once more, singer Ángela Aguilar finds herself amidst controversy, this time for something she did not do.
Recently, manipulated videos featuring the youngest daughter of the singer Pepe Aguilar have been circulating on social media.
Investigations have revealed that these videos are ‘deepfakes,’ meaning they are fabricated.
Deepfakes are essentially falsified pieces of media that seem authentic at first glance but are designed to deceive viewers.
They defend Ángela Aguilar
Before addressing the deepfake videos concerning Ángela Aguilar, it’s important to note a recent event reported by Infobae.
The young artist expressed on social media the significance of the song «La Llorona» to her.
While some criticized her, bringing up her previous comments about her Argentine heritage, others rallied to her defense.
Comments ranged from critical—»She sings beautifully, but Mexicans often undermine their own, it’s a shame»—to supportive: «Keep it up, you’re going to go far.»
Ángela Aguilar and her deepfake videos
In the deepfake videos, an individual resembling Ángela Aguilar is seen wearing a short dress and a top.
The person, who appears to be Leonardo Aguilar’s sister, is captured dancing suggestively and gazing into the camera.
To the untrained eye unaware of the falsity of the content, it could be mistakenly believed to actually be Ángela, who recently celebrated her 20th birthday in October.
Naturally, it wasn’t long before social media users began reacting to the fabricated footage.
They tell Pepe Aguilar’s daughter everything
One of the Instagram accounts that shared one of Ángela Aguilar’s deepfake videos is precisely «angela.aguilar_3.»
Since there are more photographs and videos of the interpreter, one would think that everything is real, but that is not the case. Users believed that it was she who appeared dancing.
«My sweetheart», «The girl is a beauty», «I love you, mamacita», «My love», you can read in some comments.
However, there were those who crossed the line with their ‘confessions’: «I want to suck it…» (TO SEE THE FAKE VIDEO OF ÁNGELA CLICK HERE).
Who really is the girl in the video?
With more than two million followers on her Instagram account alone, Martu Morales is a dancer and actress.
Originally from Argentina, the influencer also has a certain physical resemblance to Ángela Aguilar, although she is a little older.
When the video went viral where it was believed to be the Mexican singer, her followers shared some comments.
«Only the fans know that Angela’s video is from Martu», «It’s not the end of the year, but» (TO SEE THE VIDEO CLICK HERE).
More about deepfake videos
As reported La Prensa recently, many showbiz stars, such as Ángela Aguilar, have been victims of deepfake videos.
Also known as ‘deepfakes’, ‘deepfakes’ are manipulated video, image or voice files. You have to pay attention to what you see.
For this one goal AI does this which makes it seem, like Angela and Martu, ‘original, authentic and real’.
Although you would think that only celebrities are victims of this new modality, the reality is that anyone can appear in a video like this.