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June 13, 2019

Zuckerberg is the focus of latest doctored video

  • Analyst Dan Ives said that even though the video is an art piece and not actual disinformation meant to deceive, it highlights the challenges of policing content on Facebook and Instagram.
    • By MAE ANDERSON
    AP Technology Writer

    NEW YORK — Three weeks after Facebook refused to remove a doctored video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi slurring her words, Mark Zuckerberg is getting a taste of his own medicine: fake footage showing him gloating over his one-man domination of the world.

    It's the latest flap over deviously altered “deepfake” videos as Facebook and other social media services struggle to stop the spread of misinformation and “fake news” while also respecting free speech and fending off allegations of censorship.


     
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