Online Articles
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Yes, deepfakes can make people believe in misinformation — but no more than less-hyped ways of lying
Nieman Lab, January 15, 2021 -
The year deepfakes went mainstream
MIT Technology Review, December 24, 2020 -
Video Manipulated to Show Biden Asleep
Factcheck.org, September 2, 2020 -
Deepfakes: The Dark Origins of Fake Videos and Their Potential to Wreak Havoc Online
Discover, August 13, 2020 -
Deepfakes Are Going To Wreak Havoc On Society. We Are Not Prepared.
Forbes, May 25, 2020 -
Facebook Issues New Rules On Deepfake Videos, Targeting Misinformation
NPR, January 7, 2020
What Are Deepfakes?
Definition of: deepfake
deepfake
(DEEP learning FAKE) Creating a phony video that looks real. With the increasing advancements in computer performance and techniques, face swap spftware superimposes a face onto the face of someone else in a video. The result is that anybody can be made to look like they love or hate anything. The video can be produced entirely by using actors, whose faces are replaced with a celebrity such as a movie star, politician or news anchor, and it appears very real to the casual viewer
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Deepfake: What You Need to Know
from Forbes, June 15, 2019
Why It's Getting Harder to Spot a Deepfake Video
Lawmakers are concerned that deepfake videos could be used to influence the 2020 election. Now the U.S. government is working to create technology to detect them.
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