Facebook bans deepfakes in fight against online manipulation GlobeTechnology
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Hany Farid, a digital forensics expert at the University of California at Berkeley, studies a video clip of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in his office in Berkeley, Calif. on July 1, 2019. Sophisticated phony videos called deepfakes have attracted attention as a possible threat to election integrity.
Created by artificial intelligence or machine learning, deepfakes combine or replace content to create images that can be almost impossible to tell are not authentic.“While these videos are still rare on the internet, they present a significant challenge for our industry and society as their use increases,” Facebook’s vice-president of global policy management, Monika Bickert, said in a blog post.
The U.S. tech company has been grappling with how to handle the rise of deepfakes after facing criticism last year for refusing to remove a doctored video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi slurring her words, which was viewed more than 3 million times. Experts said the crudely edited clip was more of a “cheap fake” than a deepfake.
The problem of altered videos is taking on increasing urgency as experts and lawmakers try to figure out how to prevent deepfakes from being used to interfere with U.S. presidential elections in November.
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Facebook bans deepfake videos but says parody clips still OKFacebook will ban deepfake videos ahead of the U.S. elections but the new policy will still allow heavily edited clips so long as they are parody or satire, the social media giant said Tuesday.
Read more »
RCMP poised to enforce injunction order against Coastal GasLink protesters in B.C.Coastal GasLink launched its court case against protesters in November, 2018. On Dec. 31, a B.C. Supreme Court judge extended an injunction against protesters
Read more »
Fed has ample clout to fight downturn if toolkit used properly: BernankeMr. Bernanke has pushed back on the notion that central banks have lost influence over the economy
Read more »