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Our Racist, Terrifying Deepfake Future Is Here
And there are other, perhaps less obvious ways in which the most vulnerable will be disadvantaged. Riana Pfefferkorn, a policy fellow at Stanford’s Institute fo…
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Courts and lawyers struggle with growing prevalence of deepfakes
"As the technology grows in complexity, making it more difficult to spot fakes, attorneys and judges will have to decide how to manage deepfake evidence an…
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All’s Clear for Deepfakes: Think Again
The verdict was in, and it was a comforting one: Deepfakes are the “dog that never barked.” So said Keir Giles, a Russia specialist with the Conflict Studies Re…
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LAW’s Danielle Citron: How Campaigns Can Counter Deepfakes
"“Within months, technologists say, it will be impossible…to detect deepfakes” with counter-technology, says Danielle Citron, a School of Law professor of…
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Technology created deepfakes—does it have a way to stop them, too?
"“The verification technology is promising but my worry is that as we become more sensitized to the existence of deepfakes and misinformation that may make…
The Lawfare Podcast: Bobby Chesney and Danielle Citron on Deep Fakes
On this episode of the Arbiters of Truth series, Evelyn Douek and Quinta Jurecic spoke with law professors Bobby Chesney and Danielle Citron about deep fakes—th…
Facebook Takes a Step Forward on Deepfakes—And Stumbles
The good news is that Facebook is finally taking action against deepfakes. The bad news is that the platform’s new policy does not go far enough. Journalists,…
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Facebook tries to curb deepfake videos as 2020 election heats up
"Facebook was praised by some experts, including Boston University Law School professor Danielle Citron, for becoming more proactive and receptive to outsi…
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How Deepfakes Scramble Our Sense of True and False
"Danielle Citron, a law professor at Boston University, tells Sleepwalkers that deepfakes are being used to harass women, both in private and in public. La…
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Welcome to Deepfake Hell
"Riana Pfefferkorn is the associate director of surveillance and cybersecurity at Stanford’s Center for Internet and Society. She’s been at the forefront o…
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MacArthur Genius Danielle Citron on Deepfakes and the Representative Katie Hill Scandal
When Danielle Citron began studying online harassment more than a decade ago, her argument that online mobs and coordinated harassment constituted civil-rights…
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The deepfake threat to evidence
"What's happening: Elected officials, experts and the press have been warning about the potential future fallout for business or elections from deepfak…