Social media companies grilled on deepfake policies

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A US Congressman has asked the major social media companies how they plan to handle the threat of deepfake images and videos on their platforms. FMTNews SocialMedia

Major social media platforms have been used to spread disinformation ahead of previous elections.

Deepfakes use machine learning to manipulate source material and create hyperrealistic content where a person – such as a political candidate – appears to say or do something they did not. US intelligence agencies say there was an extensive Russian cyber-influence operation dring the 2016 presidential election aimed at helping Republican President Donald Trump get elected. Russia has repeatedly denied the allegations.

There has not been a well-crafted deepfake video with major political consequences in the United States, but the potential for doctored videos to sow misinformation was recently highlighted by a more manually doctored viral clip of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, slowed down to make her speech seem slurred.

 

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