Episode 40

Facebook's fake deepfake problem

The dark origins of deepfake videos and Facebook’s new policy explained.

January 16, 202023m 59sExplicit

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Show Notes

The dark origins of deepfake videos and Facebook’s new policy explained.

Featuring:

@kellymakena

@samleecole

Links to resources discussed:

Facebook’s deepfake ban isn’t winning over critics

https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/7/21055283/facebook-deepfake-ban-political-ads-shallowfakes-rules-moderation

Deepfakes Were Created As a Way to Own Women's Bodies—We Can't Forget That

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/nekqmd/deepfake-porn-origins-sexism-reddit-v25n2?utm_source=stylizedembed_vice.com&utm_campaign=939wxp&site=vice

Host:

Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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