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Deepfakes and fake news pose a growing threat to democracy, experts warn | Phys.org
by Jackson Cote
April 5, 2022
In mid-March, as the Russian invasion of Ukraine crept into its third week, an unusual video started making the rounds…
Ofcom: One in three internet users can’t spot fake accounts or content | Daily Mail Online
by Jonathan Chadwick
March 30, 2022
Many people believe they can easily spot fake news online, but a new report suggests we may not be as…
TikTok algorithm directs users to fake news about Ukraine war, study says | The Guardian
by Alex Hern
March 21, 2022
A new TikTok account can be shown falsehoods about the Ukraine war within minutes of signing up to the app,…
Fact check: The deepfakes in the disinformation war between Russia and Ukraine | DW
by Rachel Baig
March 18, 2022
Manipulated videos designed to make it look as if someone said or did something they did not — known as…
Meta takes down deepfake of Ukraine’s President Zelensky surrendering | TechCrunch
by Taylor Hatmaker
March 17, 2022
Meta removed an altered video falsely depicting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ordering troops to surrender Wednesday. The video is the…
Why Facebook Employees ‘Deprioritized’ Misinformation: Docs | Time
by Billy Perrigo and Vera Bergengruen
November 12, 2021
In May 2019, a video purporting to show House Speaker Nancy Pelosi inebriated, slurring her words as she gave a speech…
This startup is creating personalized deepfakes for corporations | Rest of World
by Nilesh Christopher
October 22, 2021
Umang Agarwal is a Hrithik Roshan superfan. For the past five years, he’s run a YouTube channel dedicated to the…
Fake news in Veles, North Macedonia | The Washington Post
by Kenneth Dickerman
October 18, 2021
Photographer Jonas Bendiksen’s newest book, ”The Book of Veles” (Gost, 2021), raises some really tough questions. At its most basic…
It’s not too late to regulate deepfakes | Coda Story
by Martina Biino
October 11, 2021
From an app that allows users to swap images of women and men into pornographic videos to the use of…