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Learn to spot deepfakes during election season with tips to identify digitally altered videos and protect yourself from disinformation.
Have you ever seen a video of President Biden and Former President Trump debating to the tune of DJ Shadow’s Nobody Speak? What about this video of a young President Trump talking about money laundering in an episode of Better Call Saul? It sounds impossible and quite silly, but these videos are completely real. They are what we refer to in the tech world as Deepfakes.
Deepfakes, or digitally altered videos or audio that replace one person’s likeness onto another’s, are increasingly used by bad actors to create disinformation. Now, while these videos of Trump and Biden are clearly fake, there are some that are less easily discernible. In fact, there was an instance of a deepfake of Biden's voice robocalling voters across New Hampshire urging them to write in Biden’s name to the ballot during the Democratic Primary instead of voting for him. Scary, right? In an election year particularly, it is important to know how to identify a deepfake from a real video, to make sure you’re not getting duped when you’re digesting content.
It’s tricky to distinguish between content that’s real and that which was created to trick you. But, here are a few tips to keep in mind when you think you’ve come across a deepfake:
