Three ways to spot a deepfake video

Written By kerry tomlinson

The author face-swapped into Black Widow in Marvel Studios’ Black Widow (2021). Image: Cyber Giraffe & Ampyx News

In times of war and world conflict, you need to be able to spot deepfakes --- computer-generated people --- before they manipulate you.

Here are three ways to check to see if a video you're watching is human or hoax.

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Story originally published on April 14, 2022.

Read print version here at Ampyx News (formerly called Ampere News).

 

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