Can we protect society from the deepfake menace?

Deepfakes can be used for a wide variety of purposes, with wide-ranging impacts. They can be put to good use in media production, human-machine interactions, video conferencing, satire, creativity and some novel medical applications such as voice creation.

However, they also have substantial potential for misuse. Risks can be psychological, financial and societal. There is also a strong gender discrimination as the vast majority of malicious deepfakes target women, depicting them in non-consensual fake pornographic videos.

Video contents:
00:00 - The emergence of a new manipulation tool
00:40 - A complex, adversarial technology
01:36 - The threats posed by deepfakes
02:16 - Can the EU limit their damages?
03:21 - Read more...