Deepfakes

• Manitoba bill takes aim at deepfakes, election disinformation, voter misdirection

  The Manitoba government put forward a bill Tuesday aimed at cracking down on election disinformation.

  Politics

  Mar 11
  
• Artificial intelligence experts urge more deepfake ‘safeguards’

  Artificial intelligence experts and industry executives have signed an open letter calling for more regulation around the creation of deepfakes, citing potential risks to society.

  Tech

  Feb 21, 2024
  
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• New Meta-funded tool helps teens remove explicit images online

  A new tool helps teens remove explicit images and videos of themselves from the internet, including from participating platforms Instagram, OnlyFans and Pornhub.

  Canada

  Feb 27, 2023
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• Online hate law should address ‘deepfakes’ and disinformation: advisory panel

  Members of the expert panel of Canada's new online hate bill have suggested Canada to impose a duty on tech giants to tackle the spread of fake news and videos.

  Canada

  Jun 19, 2022
• Cheerleader’s mom charged in deepfake plot against rival teens

  A 50-year-old Pennsylvania woman allegedly edited photos and videos to make her daughter's rivals look bad.

  Trending

  Mar 15, 2021
• Too real? Deepfake Putin, Kim Jong Un ads pulled from U.S. debate

  The realistic-looking videos feature 'Putin' and 'Kim' talking about democracy and the importance of voting.

  Trending

  Sep 30, 2020
• Experts warn of disinformation during election but say political attack ads within legal limit

  What is being done in Canada to stop the spread of false information online — and do political attack ads make the problem worse?

  Politics

  Sep 22, 2019
• Facebook, Microsoft team up on contest to detect deepfake videos

  Facebook is commissioning researchers to produce realistic deepfakes to create a data set for testing detection tools. 

  World

  Sep 5, 2019