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Most Deepfakes Are Porn, and They're Multiplying Fast
"Danielle Citron, a law professor at Boston University, describes pornographic deepfakes made without a person’s consent as an “invasion of sexual privacy.…
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Q&A: LAW’s Danielle Citron Warns That Deepfake Videos Could Undermine the 2020 Election
Danielle Citron is worried. Deepfake videos are here—you may have watched one already and not even realized it—and they could undermine the 2020 presidential el…
Too Good to Be True?
The client shows his lawyer a video he says he took on his cell phone. It shows the defendant saying things that, if seen by the jury, will be a slam dunk for t…
Campaigns Must Prepare for Deepfakes: This Is What Their Plan Should Look Like
It is only a matter of time before maliciously manipulated or fabricated content surfaces of a major presidential candidate in 2020. The video manipulation of H…
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Seeing Is Believing
"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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House holds hearing on "deepfakes" and artificial intelligence amid national security concerns
"Danielle Citron, Professor of Law at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, testified that there's no finite way to stop deepfak…
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Tackling the ‘Deep Fake,’ House Grasps for Solution to Doctored Videos
"Sharing Ayyub’s story with the committee, University of Maryland law professor Danielle Citron noted that the journalist awoke to find her face had been…
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Schiff Calls ‘Deepfakes’ a Nightmarish Threat to 2020 Elections
"The law currently exempts online platforms such as Facebook for most content its users post, but Danielle Citron, a law professor at the University of Mar…
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After manipulated Zuckerberg, Pelosi videos, lawmakers grasp for ‘deepfake’ answers
"“There are a few phenomena that come together that make deepfakes particularly troubling when they’re provocative and destructive,” Danielle Citron, a law…
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Big Tech's timid deepfake defense
""A deepfake could cause a riot; it could tip an election; it could crash an IPO. And if it goes viral, [social media companies] are responsible,"…
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This viral Schwarzenegger deepfake isn't just entertaining. It's a warning.
"Danielle Citron, a law professor at the University of Maryland and author of “Hate Crimes in Cyberspace,” is scheduled to testify before the House Intel C…
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Deepfake porn and the ethics of being able to watch whatever your imagination desires
"‘In the US, the legal options are small but potent if (big if) one has the funds to hire an attorney and one can find the creator,’ Danielle Citron, profe…