Fault Lines
Fault Lines: Deepfakes and China at the UN
Lester Munson Fri, Feb 5, 2021, 1:53 PM
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Disinformation
Thirty-Six Hours of Cheapfakes
Quinta Jurecic, Jacob Schulz Thu, Sep 3, 2020, 2:28 PM
Over the course of two short days, figures affiliated with the GOP published three different deceptively edited videos on social media. Platforms can’t handle the challenge alone.
Cyber & Technology
All’s Clear for Deepfakes: Think Again
Robert Chesney, Danielle Citron, Hany Farid Mon, May 11, 2020, 4:19 PM
Comforting claims have circulated in recent days that there is nothing to fear from deepfakes. We profoundly disagree.
Disinformation
Members of the House Are on Notice: No Tweeting Deepfakes
Evelyn Douek, Quinta Jurecic, Jacob Schulz Thu, Jan 30, 2020, 3:54 PM
The House Ethics Committee has announced that members who share deepfakes or “other audio-visual distortions intended to mislead the public” could face sanctions. It’s a small but noteworthy step.
Disinformation
Facebook Takes a Step Forward on Deepfakes—And Stumbles
Danielle Citron, Robert Chesney, Quinta Jurecic Wed, Jan 8, 2020, 7:58 AM
The good news is that Facebook is finally taking action against deepfakes. The bad news is that the platform’s new policy does not go far enough.
Politics & National Security
Nonconsensual Pornography, Political Scandals and a Warning for 2020
Quinta Jurecic Thu, Oct 24, 2019, 1:28 PM
Amid the hubbub of L’Affaire Ukrainienne, you could be forgiven for overlooking another story that has emerged out of Congress over the past week. It’s a grubby, unpleasant story—so much so that it feels ugly to draw attention to it. But the times are ugly, after all, and the story is a concerning harbinger of what might be to come in the lead-up to 2020.
Congress
Livestream: HPSCI Hearing on the National Security Challenges of Artificial Intelligence, Manipulated Media and Deepfakes
Vishnu Kannan Thu, Jun 13, 2019, 9:35 AM
The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence will host a hearing entitled "The National Security Challenge of Artificial Intelligence, Manipulated Media, and ‘Deepfakes’" at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday. A video of the hearing is available below.
Cyber & Technology
About That Pelosi Video: What to Do About ‘Cheapfakes’ in 2020
Robert Chesney, Danielle Citron, Quinta Jurecic Wed, May 29, 2019, 3:34 PM
In the summer of 2016, a meme began to circulate on the fringes of the right-wing internet: the notion that presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was seriously ill. Clinton suffered from Parkinson’s disease, a brain tumor and seizures, among other things, argued Infowars contributor Paul Joseph Watson in a YouTube video. The meme (and allegations) were entirely unfounded.
Events
A Deeper Look at Deepfakes: Our New Article and an Event at Heritage on Thursday
Robert Chesney, Danielle Citron Wed, Jul 18, 2018, 8:56 AM
Back in February, we joined forces in this post to draw attention to the wide array of dangers to individuals and to society posed by advances in “deepfake” technology (that is, the capacity to alter audio or video to make it appear, falsely, that a real person said or did something). The post generated a considerable amount of discussion, which was great, but we understood we had barely scratched the surface of the issue.
deep fakes
Combatting Deepfakes through the Right of Publicity
Jesse Lempel Fri, Mar 30, 2018, 8:00 AM
Fake news is bad enough already, but something much nastier is just around the corner: As Evelyn Douek explained, the “next frontier” of fake news will feature machine-learning software that can cheaply produce convincing audio or video of almost anyone saying or doing just about anything.