Deepfake of Mark Zuckerberg tests Facebook's fake video policies
Two artists and an advertising company created a deepfake video of Mark Zuckerberg using CannyAI's video dialogue replacement technology and uploaded it to Instagram. The video shows Zuckerberg saying things he never said about controlling data. Facebook stated it would treat the content as misinformation and de-prioritize it. The incident tests Facebook's policies on manipulated media.
- Date it happened
- 2019-06-11
- Organisation involved
- Product, system or model
- CannyAI VDR
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