Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn back each other in deepfake videos

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The stunt was circulated for awareness but has darker repercussions

Because there is no visual indication in the portion of the video where they endorse each other that this is in fact a fake, it is *extremely* easy to pick up these clips, cut them down to just than one portion and release them to the Boomer Facebook hellscape to do their worst.While the voices in the videos don’t sound exactly like that of Johnson or Corbyn, the likeness is enough to possibly convince people watching in a hurry or not really paying attention.

‘Deepfakes represent a genuine threat to democracy and society more widely. They can be used to fuel misinformation and totally undermine trust in audiovisual content,’ said Areeq Chowdhury, the head of Future Advocacy.

 

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