Deepfakes and Disinformation: The Rising Threat to Truth in the Digital Age
Modern advances in deepfake technology now make it extremely difficult to distinguish realistic material from artificial content. According to a verification service, deepfake fraud surged more than tenfold from 2022 until 2023. Deep Media research showed over 500,000 deepfake video and audio material was circulated through social media platforms throughout 2023. AI technology generates deceptive…