June 12 2019
Thanks to the rise of “deepfakes”—highly realistic
and difficult-to-detect digital manipulations
of audio or video—
it is becoming easier than ever to portray
someone saying or doing something
he or she never said or did.
Worse, the means to create deepfakes
are likely to proliferate quickly,
producing an ever-widening circle of actors.
Disinformation is an ancient art, of course,
and one with a renewed relevance today.
But as deepfake technology develops and spreads,
this will be used more and more.