{
  "id": 11373719,
  "title": "General : MCMC Scrutinises AI-manipulated Content Featuring Grieving Tun Mahathir",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/general-mcmc-scrutinises-ai-manipulated-content-featuring-grieving",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-02T04:27:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bernama",
    "slug": "bernama",
    "url": "http://www.bernama.com/en/news.php?id=2614531"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "PUTRAJAYA, Oct 2 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has its eyes on social media content that allegedly uses artificial intelligence (AI) to manipulate footage of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad grieving the death of his wife, Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Malaysiakini",
        "title": "SNAPSHOT | MCMC probes AI-manipulated Mahathir content; Siti Kasim joins PBM",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/snapshot-mcmc-probes-ai-manipulated-mahathir-content-siti-kasim-joins",
        "published": "2026-10-02T06:04:19.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}