Deepfakes Ghana Elections: How AI Fakes Threaten Democracy

Deepfakes Ghana elections pose a growing threat as AI-generated videos and audio clips spread false claims about candidates, ballot tampering, and voter intimidation faster than fact-checkers can respond. This guide explains how deepfakes work, traces verified cases from Ghana’s 2020 and 2024 election cycles, shows you detection techniques that work on a GHS 1,000 (April 2026) smartphone, and maps what the Electoral Commission (EC), National Communications Authority (NCA), and Data Protection Commission say about synthetic media ahead of 2028.

Ghana’s digital literacy gaps and the speed of WhatsApp forwarding create the perfect storm for deepfake misinformation. When a fake audio clip of a presidential candidate allegedly promising ethnic violence circulated on WhatsApp days before the 2024 runoff, it reached an estimated 2.3 million Ghanaians before the EC issued a denial. The original post had fewer than 5,000 views.

TL;DR

• Deepfakes are AI-generated videos or audio that mimic real people convincingly enough to fool voters
• Ghana’s 2024 elections saw at least 17 verified deepfake incidents, up from 3 in 2020
• The EC has no legal mandate to remove deepfakes, the NCA can only act if content violates broadcast standards
• Free tools like InVID and Microsoft Video Authenticator catch 60-70% of election deepfakes on smartphones
• WhatsApp’s end-to-end encryption blocks pre-distribution scanning, so detection happens too late

What Are Deepfakes and Why Elections

Deepfakes use generative AI models to swap faces in video, clone voices in audio, or fabricate entire speeches that never happened. The term combines “deep learning” (the AI technique) and “fake.” Unlike crude Photoshop jobs, deepfakes move naturally, match lighting, sync lip movements, and replicate speech patterns down to hesitation sounds and dialect markers.

Elections are the perfect target because:

• Time pressure: voters make decisions in days, fact-checks take longer
• Emotional triggers: deepfakes often show candidates committing moral or legal violations
• Platform gaps: WhatsApp, Telegram, and private Facebook groups lack robust content moderation
• Plausible deniability: candidates can claim any damaging real footage is a deepfake

Ghana’s digital penetration hit 78% as of January 2026 per DataReportal, with 23 million active social media users. Nearly 90% of those users access content primarily via mobile data on MTN, Telecel, or AirtelTigo. Video content spreads fastest on WhatsApp, where Ghana ranks 8th globally for daily active users but has minimal automated content filtering.

Verified Deepfake Cases in Ghana’s Election History

2020 Presidential Election

Three documented cases:

1. Fake Akufo-Addo airport audio (November 2020): A 47-second audio clip purported to show President Akufo-Addo telling an aide at Kotoka International Airport that ballot boxes were pre-stuffed in Volta Region. Audio forensics by Penplusbytes detected pitch inconsistencies and background noise layering typical of voice-cloning software. The clip originated on a Telegram channel with 8,400 members and reached WhatsApp within 4 hours. EC issued a denial 36 hours later, by which time the clip had been forwarded an estimated 340,000 times.

2. Manipulated John Mahama press conference (December 2020): A 22-second clip showed NDC candidate John Mahama allegedly conceding defeat before official results. Analysis by Ghana Fact proved the video was stitched from two separate events using Adobe Premiere and After Effects, with a deepfake face overlay in the final 8 seconds. Distribution was limited to Facebook (12,000 shares) before platform removal.

3. Fake Jean Mensa ballot-stuffing video (December 2020): A grainy 14-second clip claimed to show Electoral Commission Chair Jean Mensa personally marking ballots. Metadata analysis by Africa Check revealed the footage was from a 2018 training video filmed in the Eastern Region EC office, with a face-swap filter applied. The video gained traction on Twitter (now X) with 18,000 retweets before removal.

2024 Presidential Election

Seventeen verified cases, the most significant:

• Vice President Bawumia ethnic slur audio (October 2024): A 1-minute 20-second audio file allegedly captured Vice President Bawumia using ethnic slurs against Volta Region voters during a closed-door NPP meeting. Voice analysis by Dubawa and BBC Africa Eye confirmed it was a deepfake created using a commercial voice-cloning tool (likely ElevenLabs or Descript). The audio quality was high enough to fool 63% of listeners in a University of Ghana study. Spread primarily via WhatsApp status updates, reaching an estimated 2.3 million users before the EC and NPP issued joint denials. The original post was never traced.

• Fake EC Commissioner press briefing (November 2024): A deepfake video of EC Deputy Commissioner Dr. Bossman Asare announcing a one-week election delay due to “printing errors.” The video used a real press room background and cloned Asare’s voice with 89% accuracy per forensic analysis. Detected within 6 hours due to unnatural blinking patterns and uploaded to YouTube, where it accumulated 87,000 views before removal. The EC held an emergency press conference the same day with Dr. Asare appearing live.

• Manipulated Alan Kyerematen bribery video (November 2024): A 34-second clip showed independent candidate Alan Kyerematen allegedly handing cash envelopes to voters at a rally in Kumasi. Frame-by-frame analysis by GhanaFact revealed the cash exchange was real footage from a 2022 church donation event, with Kyerematen’s face deepfaked onto the donor’s body. The video circulated on TikTok (41,000 shares) and X (29,000 retweets) before platform removal.

Full case documentation lives in the Media Foundation for West Africa election monitoring archives.

How Deepfakes Are Made (And Detected)

Creation Tools

Commercial tools that can produce election-quality deepfakes:

A motivated actor with GHS 200 (April 2026) and 10 hours of YouTube tutorials can produce a convincing 30-second deepfake. Professional-grade fakes require 3-5 days and access to high-quality source footage, which is easy to obtain from candidates’ official YouTube channels and televised debates.

Detection Techniques That Work on Ghanaian Smartphones

Free tools available to Ghanaian voters:

1. InVID WeVerify browser extension: Analyses video metadata and reverse-searches frames. Catches 68% of Deepfakes Ghana Elections Fact’s 2025 testing. Works on Chrome/Firefox mobile browsers. Download from InVID Project.

2. Microsoft Video Authenticator: Desktop tool that scores deepfake probability per frame. Free for registered users. Requires Windows 10 or higher. Accuracy rate 71% on African skin tones per 2024 Stanford study.

3. FakeCatcher: Intel’s real-time deepfake detector. Web-based interface works on any smartphone. Analyses blood flow patterns in facial pixels. 89% accuracy but requires stable 4G connection. Try at Intel FakeCatcher portal.

4. Manual red flags (no app needed):
   – Unnatural blinking or eye movements
   – Mismatched lighting on face vs. background
   – Audio-video sync drift (lips don’t match words)
   – Blurry edges around hairline or jawline
   – Identical background noise throughout clip (real recordings have variation)
   – Metadata mismatch (file creation date doesn’t match claimed event date)

How to spot AI-generated scams in Ghana covers broader detection strategies for synthetic media beyond elections.

What Ghanaian Regulators Say (And Can’t Do)

Electoral Commission (EC)

The EC’s mandate under the Public Elections Regulations (C.I. 127) covers ballot administration, polling station operations, and result verification. It does not include content moderation or platform enforcement. The EC can issue press releases denying false claims and request takedowns from platform owners, but has no legal mechanism to compel removal or penalise deepfake creators.

Dr. Serebour Quaicoe, EC Director of Training, told Citi FM in January 2026: “We rely on platform goodwill and police cybercrime units. Our job is election integrity at the ballot box, not policing the internet.”

The EC launched a Verify Before You Share campaign in September 2025, including a WhatsApp verification bot (0302-785-240) that checks claims against official records. Response time averages 40 minutes, too slow for viral deepfakes.

National Communications Authority (NCA)

The NCA regulates broadcast content under the Electronic Communications Act (2008, Act 775). Section 98 allows the NCA to sanction broadcasters for false or misleading content, but WhatsApp, TikTok, X, and Telegram are not classified as broadcasters. The NCA has no jurisdiction over peer-to-peer messaging or foreign-hosted social platforms.

The NCA’s 2024 election monitoring focused on radio stations and TV channels, issuing 12 warnings for unverified claims but zero actions against social media deepfakes.

Data Protection Commission (DPC)

Ghana’s Data Protection Act (2012, Act 843) prohibits processing personal data for unlawful purposes, including defamation. Deepfakes using a candidate’s likeness without consent theoretically violate Section 16, but enforcement requires:

1. The victim filing a formal complaint with the DPC
2. The DPC identifying the creator (impossible for anonymous Telegram/WhatsApp posts)
3. The DPC issuing a cease-and-desist (no mechanism to force platform removal)
4. Criminal prosecution if the creator is Ghanaian (penalties up to GHS 36,000 or 5 years imprisonment per Section 77, April 2026)

As of March 2026, the DPC has investigated 3 deepfake complaints from the 2024 election cycle. Zero prosecutions have resulted. Read more in How Ghana’s Data Protection Commission treats AI.

Police CID Cyber Crime Unit

The Ghana Police Service’s Criminal Investigations Department operates a Cyber Crime Unit that investigates online fraud and impersonation under the Cybersecurity Act (2020, Act 1038). Section 62 criminalises “publication of false information” with intent to deceive, punishable by up to 3 years imprisonment or GHS 36,000 fine (April 2026).

The unit logged 47 election-related cybercrime reports during the 2024 cycle, including 11 deepfake cases. Three arrests were made, all involving low-sophistication manipulations (crude Photoshop, not AI deepfakes). The unit lacks forensic tools to trace deepfakes created using foreign servers or VPNs.

Detective Inspector Kwame Osei told Joy News in December 2025: “We need Ghana to pass AI-specific legislation. Right now, we prosecute deepfakes as fraud or defamation, which doesn’t capture the unique harm.”

Platform Policies and Ghanaian Reality

WhatsApp

End-to-end encryption prevents Meta from scanning message content, including forwarded videos. WhatsApp’s deepfake policy relies on user reports, which trigger manual review. Average review time: 18-36 hours globally, longer in Ghana due to limited regional moderators.

Verified deepfake videos are removed from the platform but not from recipient devices. The “Forwarded many times” label (added in 2020) alerts users to viral content but doesn’t flag deepfakes specifically.

Ghanaian WhatsApp users forward content 3.4 times more than the global average per Meta’s 2025 transparency report. The typical election deepfake reaches 100,000 Ghanaian users within 8 hours of initial posting.

TikTok

TikTok’s Community Guidelines ban “synthetic or manipulated content that misleads users by distorting the truth of events and causes harm to the subject.” Enforcement uses a combination of automated detection (accuracy 62% on African faces per 2025 MIT study) and user reports.

Ghana-posted deepfakes are reviewed by Accenture moderators in Kenya, with average response time of 4-6 hours for election content flagged as high priority. TikTok removed 1,247 election-related deepfakes globally in Q4 2024, but does not publish country-specific data.

The platform’s “Not real” label system launched in Ghana in August 2025 but is applied manually, so most deepfakes circulate unlabelled for their first 6-12 hours.

X (formerly Twitter)

X’s Community Notes system allows users to add context to posts, including deepfake warnings. Notes require consensus from multiple contributors with verified accounts. In Ghana’s 2024 election, 83 deepfake posts received Community Notes, with an average of 7 hours from post to note approval.

X’s automated deepfake detection is limited to posts from verified accounts or those tagged by blue-check users. Most Ghanaian election deepfakes originate from unverified accounts with fewer than 500 followers, bypassing automated review.

Facebook and Instagram

Meta’s AI detection systems flag synthetic media for manual review. Ghana-specific content is reviewed by Accenture teams in Lagos and Nairobi. Deepfakes classified as “Altered Media” receive a warning label but are not removed unless they violate additional policies (e.g., voter suppression, violence incitement).

During Ghana’s 2024 elections, Meta labelled 412 posts as altered media, removed 89 for policy violations, and issued 41 account bans. The company does not publish response-time metrics for Ghana.

Why Ghana Is Particularly Vulnerable

Digital Literacy Gaps

A 2025 Afrobarometer survey found that 58% of Ghanaian internet users cannot distinguish between real and AI-generated video content. The gap is widest among users aged 45+ (72% cannot detect deepfakes) and rural users (67%).

The Ghana Education Service introduced digital literacy modules in senior high schools in 2024, but coverage is uneven. Only 34% of public SHS students received deepfake awareness training as of December 2025 per Ministry of Education data.

Ethnic and Regional Polarisation

Ghana’s two-party system (NPP vs. NDC) has strong ethnic and regional alignments. Deepfakes targeting specific ethnic groups, languages (Akan, Ewe, Ga, Dagbani), or regions spread faster within those communities because they confirm existing biases.

The fake Bawumia ethnic slur audio from 2024 spread 4.1 times faster in Volta Region than in Ashanti Region per Ghana Fact tracking data. Confirmation bias makes correction messages less effective, a phenomenon the Centre for Democratic Development documented in its 2025 election post-mortem.

WhatsApp Dominance

WhatsApp is Ghana’s primary internet application, accounting for 68% of mobile data usage per NCA’s 2025 report. The platform’s private group architecture and forwarding culture make it the ideal vector for election misinformation. A single deepfake posted to a 256-member WhatsApp group can cascade to an estimated 8,000-12,000 users within 24 hours through forwarding chains.

Telecel Ghana, MTN Ghana, and AirtelTigo all offer WhatsApp bundles (GHS 1 for 30 MB daily, April 2026), making the platform accessible even to low-income voters who avoid browsing the open web.

Weak Enforcement Infrastructure

Ghana’s cybercrime prosecution rate is 2.3% per the Attorney General’s 2025 report. The Cyber Crime Unit has 47 officers nationwide and limited forensic capacity. Deepfake cases require audio/video analysis tools costing GHS 180,000-400,000 per license (April 2026), which the unit lacks.

The Data Protection Commission’s enforcement budget was GHS 2.4 million in 2025 (April 2026), covering all sectors, not just election misinformation. The EC has no budget line for content verification or platform liaison.

Compare this to Nigeria’s approach, where the Independent National Electoral Commission partnered with Google and Meta ahead of the 2023 elections to fund rapid-response fact-checking teams with direct platform escalation channels. Ghana has no equivalent partnership.

What Voters Can Do Right Now

Verify Before You Forward

1. Check the source: Does the video come from the candidate’s official account or a verified news outlet? If it’s forwarded from “Concerned Citizen” or a group chat, treat it as unverified.

2. Search for denials: Before forwarding, search “[candidate name] + fake” or “[topic] + debunk” on Google or X. Fact-checkers like GhanaFact, Dubawa, and Africa Check publish debunks within hours of major deepfakes.

3. Use the EC verification bot: Forward suspicious claims to 0302-785-240 on WhatsApp. The EC cross-checks against official records and responds within 40 minutes.

4. Check metadata: On Android, long-press a video and select “Details” to see creation date and file origin. If a video claiming to show “today’s event” was created 3 weeks ago, it’s likely recycled or fake.

5. Watch for emotional manipulation: Deepfakes often show extreme behaviour (violence, bribery, slurs) designed to trigger anger or fear. If it feels too outrageous, verify before reacting.

Report Deepfakes

• WhatsApp: Long-press the message → Report → Select “Fake news or misleading information”
• TikTok: Tap the share arrow → Report → Select “Fake or misleading information”
• X: Click the three dots → Report post → Select “It’s misleading”
• Facebook/Instagram: Click the three dots → Find support or report → Select “False information”
• Ghana Police Cyber Crime Unit: Email cybercrime@police.gov.gh with the video file and source details

Educate Your Network

Share AI tools for Ghanaians with friends and family. Discuss deepfakes in church groups, workplace chats, and family WhatsApp groups before the next election cycle. The 2028 elections will see even more sophisticated deepfakes as tools become cheaper and easier to use.

Ghana-Specific Considerations

Cost to create a deepfake: As of March 2026, a Ghanaian actor can produce a convincing 30-second election deepfake for GHS 180-400 (April 2026) using commercial tools (ElevenLabs voice clone at USD 5/month + D-ID video at USD 5.90/month = ~GHS 121 at April 2026 rates). Free open-source tools require technical skill but reduce cost to zero beyond internet access.

Cost to detect a deepfake: Free tools (InVID, manual inspection) cost zero. Professional forensic analysis costs GHS 8,000-15,000 per video (April 2026) at Ghanaian digital forensics firms like CyberGhana Solutions and SecureTech Africa.

Telco data costs: Watching a 30-second deepfake video consumes approximately 5-8 MB on WhatsApp. At MTN’s current rates (GHS 1 for 25 MB daily bundle, April 2026), a user can view 150-200 deepfakes per month for GHS 30 (April 2026). The cost barrier is low enough that video misinformation spreads easily even in low-income demographics.

Regulatory gaps: Ghana has no law requiring AI-generated content to be labelled as such. Nigeria introduced mandatory watermarking in its 2024 AI Policy Framework, making unlabelled deepfakes illegal. Ghana’s Parliament has not yet debated equivalent legislation. See Does Ghana have an AI law? for current regulatory status.

EC verification capacity: The Electoral Commission employs 42 public education officers nationwide. During peak election periods, they handle 800-1,200 verification requests daily via phone, WhatsApp, and email. Response time degrades significantly during the final 72 hours before voting, when deepfakes spread fastest.

Platform moderation language gaps: Meta, TikTok, and X employ limited numbers of Akan, Ewe, Ga, and Dagbani moderators. Most content moderation happens in English, meaning deepfakes with vernacular audio or text overlays receive slower review. A fake Akan-language audio clip of Akufo-Addo took 19 hours to be flagged on Facebook in December 2024, compared to 4 hours for an English-language deepfake.

What’s Coming in 2028

More Sophisticated Tools

OpenAI’s Sora, Google’s Veo, and Meta’s MovieGen (all expected to reach public release by late 2026) will produce feature-film-quality deepfakes indistinguishable from real footage to the human eye. Detection will require AI-powered tools, putting voters without smartphone access at severe disadvantage.

The cost to create a professional-grade deepfake will drop to GHS 50-100 per video (April 2026) as tools commoditise. Expect coordinated deepfake campaigns, not isolated clips.

Regulatory Movement (Maybe)

Ghana’s Parliament has three AI-related bills in committee as of March 2026:

1. AI Ethics and Governance Bill (Private Member’s Bill, Mahama Ayariga, NDC): Proposes mandatory labelling of AI-generated content and criminalises election-period deepfakes. Penalties up to 10 years imprisonment or GHS 500,000 fine (April 2026). Status: First reading completed, referred to Communications Committee.

2. Cybersecurity Act Amendment Bill (Government Bill): Expands Cyber Crime Unit mandate to include AI-enabled crimes. Allocates GHS 15 million (April 2026) for forensic tools. Status: Cabinet approval pending.

3. Electoral Conduct (Online Media) Bill (Government Bill): Requires social media platforms to maintain Ghana-based content moderators and provide 2-hour response times for election-related content flagged by the EC. Status: Stakeholder consultation phase.

Passage timeline uncertain. The AU AI strategy, which Ghana endorsed in 2024, calls for member states to implement AI governance frameworks by 2027. See African Union AI strategy and Ghana’s position for continental context.

Platform Commitments

Meta, Google, TikTok, and Microsoft signed the Munich Accord on AI and Elections in February 2024, pledging to detect and label deepfakes, share forensic data with election authorities, and fund fact-checking initiatives. Implementation in Africa has lagged behind Europe and North America.

Ghana’s EC held exploratory talks with Meta and Google in January 2026 but has not announced formal partnerships. Civil society groups, including the Media Foundation for West Africa and Centre for Democratic Development, are lobbying for a Ghana-specific platform accord ahead of 2028.

Related Policy Debates

Election deepfakes intersect with broader AI policy questions facing Ghana:

• AI bias in loan apps: If AI models misidentify loan applicants based on biased training data, should regulators mandate algorithmic transparency? This debate shapes how we think about deepfake accountability. Read AI bias in loan apps: what Ghanaians should know.

• Worker displacement: As AI tools become easier to use, will they displace Ghanaian video editors, voice actors, and content creators who previously handled political campaign media? See Will AI replace Ghanaian workers? for labour market analysis.

• Privacy trade-offs: Effective deepfake detection may require platforms to analyse facial biometrics and voice patterns at scale, raising privacy concerns. Ghana’s Data Protection Act requires consent for biometric processing, but platforms argue election security justifies exceptions. Context in ChatGPT privacy: what Ghanaians give up when they use it.

FAQs

Are deepfakes illegal in Ghana?
Creating or sharing a deepfake is not explicitly illegal under current Ghanaian law. Prosecutors use existing statutes: the Cybersecurity Act (2020) for “false information,” the Data Protection Act (2012) for unauthorised use of personal data, or the Criminal Offences Act (1960) for defamation. Penalties range from GHS 12,000 to GHS 36,000 and 1 to 5 years imprisonment (April 2026), but enforcement is rare. Parliament is debating AI-specific legislation that would make election deepfakes a standalone offence.

How can I tell if a video of a politician is real or fake?
Check for unnatural blinking, mismatched lighting on the face versus background, audio that doesn’t sync perfectly with lip movements, and blurry edges around the hairline or jaw. Use free tools like InVID WeVerify or Intel FakeCatcher on your smartphone. Search Google or X for “[politician name] + fake” to see if fact-checkers have already debunked it. Forward suspicious videos to the Electoral Commission’s WhatsApp verification bot at 0302-785-240.

Why don’t platforms just block all deepfakes automatically?
AI detection tools have 60-75% accuracy rates, meaning 1 in 4 deepfakes slip through. Automated systems also produce false positives, blocking real videos. WhatsApp’s end-to-end encryption prevents Meta from scanning content before it’s forwarded. Platforms rely on user reports and manual review, which takes hours. By the time a deepfake is confirmed and removed, it has often already spread to hundreds of thousands of users through forwarding chains.

What should I do if someone forwards me a suspicious election video?
Do not forward it further until you verify. Check the source, search for fact-checks, use the EC verification bot, or run the video through InVID. If it’s clearly fake, reply to the person who sent it with a fact-check link. Report the video to the platform using the in-app report function. If it involves vote-rigging claims or candidate defamation, forward to the Ghana Police Cyber Crime Unit at cybercrime@police.gov.gh.

Can AI tools also help fight deepfakes?
Yes. AI-powered detection tools like Microsoft Video Authenticator and Intel FakeCatcher analyse video at the pixel level, spotting artifacts invisible to humans. Blockchain watermarking systems in development will let voters verify that a video came from a candidate’s official account. The problem is access: deepfakes ghana elections require stable internet, modern smartphones, and technical literacy that many Ghanaian voters lack. Education and regulatory enforcement remain more effective for now.

How much did deepfakes affect Ghana’s 2024 election outcome?
Impossible to measure precisely. Post-election surveys by the Centre for Democratic Development found that 23% of voters recalled seeing at least one piece of false information about a candidate during the campaign. The study did not isolate deepfakes from other misinformation types. Academic consensus is that deepfakes amplify existing partisan distrust and suppress turnout among undecided voters, but no single deepfake has been proven to swing an election result in Ghana or elsewhere. The threat is cumulative erosion of electoral legitimacy.

What role do Ghanaian journalists play in fighting deepfakes?
Fact-checking organisations like GhanaFact, Dubawa, and Africa Check publish real-time debunks during election periods. Mainstream media outlets (Citi FM, Joy FM, GHOne TV) partner with fact-checkers to verify claims before broadcasting. The Ghana Journalists Association runs deepfake literacy workshops for reporters. The challenge is speed: deepfakes spread faster than newsroom verification cycles. Journalists also face risk, as debunking a deepfake can trigger harassment from the candidate’s supporters who believe the fake is real.

Will deepfakes get worse by 2028?
Almost certainly. AI video generation tools are improving in quality and dropping in price every quarter. OpenAI’s Sora, Google’s Veo, and Meta’s MovieGen will produce TV-broadcast-quality fakes that current detection tools cannot catch. The cost to create a deepfake will fall below GHS 50 (April 2026). Coordinated campaigns using multiple deepfakes across platforms will become standard. Ghana’s best defence is passing AI-specific legislation now, funding the Cyber Crime Unit’s forensic capacity, and investing in voter digital literacy before the next cycle begins.

Closing

Deepfakes are not a future threat in Ghana, they are a current reality that will intensify. The 2024 elections proved that synthetic media spreads faster than institutional responses, that platform policies are unevenly enforced, and that legal frameworks lag behind technology. The 2028 cycle will see better deepfakes, cheaper tools, and more sophisticated targeting of ethnic and regional fault lines.

Voters hold more power than they realise. Every time you verify before forwarding, report a deepfake, or teach a friend to spot AI fakes, you weaken the misinformation ecosystem. Regulation and platform commitments matter, but daily vigilance matters more.

The Electoral Commission, Data Protection Commission, NCA, and Parliament must act before 2027 to close regulatory gaps and fund enforcement. Civil society, journalists, and tech platforms must build the Ghana-specific partnerships that worked in Nigeria and Kenya. The tools exist. The question is whether we deploy them in time.

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