Facebook bans deepfake videos

Published January 8, 2020 2:43 AM

(KYMA/KECY/KSWT) - Facebook has taken its first steps to curb highly-convincing videos known as deepfakes that have been manipulated using artificial intelligence.

The social media platform announced the change in a blog post, saying it would remove videos that have been manipulated using artificial intelligence or machine learning to make it appear that the subject has said words they did not.

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