In the past 4 days, 3 #deepfake videos appeared about Vice President Biden.

A "deep fake" is a video edited to change content or context, or replacing a person with another person's likeness.

Can you spot the deepfake in this article?

THREAD. 1/4 https://cnn.it/2R2e9hj 
Inside the Pentagon’s race against deepfake videos

Advances in artificial intelligence could soon make creating convincing fake audio and video – known as “deepfakes” – relatively easy.

https://cnn.it/2R2e9hj
On Aug. 30th, Rep. Steve Scalise tweeted a doctored video of activist Ady Barkan's interview with Biden.

Words were added, and some were excluded, changing the context & meaning.

Twitter flagged the video as manipulated, and eventually removed it.

2/4 https://nyti.ms/3jK8oAP 
Twitter flags a video shared by Steve Scalise that manipulated Ady Barkan’s interview with Biden.

https://nyti.ms/3jK8oAP
A video shared on Aug. 31st by White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications Dan Scavino replaced Harry Belafonte's face with Biden's to make it look like Biden fell asleep during an interview. #disinformation

3/4 https://bit.ly/3jDGtme 
A 2011 video of Harry Belafonte apparently falling asleep was doctored to falsely depict Joe Biden

https://bit.ly/3jDGtme
A 2nd video shared on Aug. 31st by the Trump campaign excluded some of Biden's words to change what he said and make it look like he was agreeing with Trump and Pence.

Beware of deepfakes. More will be coming.

4/4
#videoediting #propaganda https://bit.ly/2ELOSFt 
Video of Joe Biden at a campaign event is edited out of context, according to journalists

https://bit.ly/2ELOSFt
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