A deepfake video purporting to 'commemorate' two victims of the 2020 Beirut port bombing, was blasted for being 'inappropriate', 'insensitive' and 'unethical'.

The video featured deepfakes of Ralph Mallahi and Amin Al-Zahed, both of whom lost their lives in the 2020 atrocity that killed over 200 people and injured some 6,500. 

Titled 'A Letter to the Lebanese Judiciary', the video was shared on social media by MTV Lebanon with the hashtag, 'It’s been a year, the time is up.'

Mouin Jaber, co-host of the popular Lebanese podcast “Sarde After Dinner,” told Arab News: "It’s dystopian. It’s emotional manipulation and blackmail taken to a whole other uncanny level."