Facebook Bans 'Deepfake' <br />Videos in Run-Up to 2020 Election.<br />The new policy was announced <br />by the social media giant on Monday. <br />It includes the Instagram platform.<br />"Deepfake" videos have been<br />manipulated by AI to make it <br />appear that a person “said words<br />that they did not actually say.".<br />Facebook’s head of global policy <br />management offered two criteria <br />that would warrant the removal of <br />video that has been deemed "deepfake.".<br />[The video] has been edited or synthesized … in ways that aren’t apparent to an average person and would likely mislead someone into thinking that a subject of the video said words that they did not actually say, Monika Bickert, Facebook Head of Global Policy Management, via 'The Guardian'.<br />[The video] is the product of artificial intelligence or machine learning that merges, replaces or superimposes content onto a video, making it appear to be authentic, Monika Bickert, Facebook Head of Global Policy Management, via 'The Guardian'.<br />The policy does not include "shallow fake" <br />videos, or videos manipulated by a person <br />using standard editing software and techniques.<br />"Shallow fakes" — such as the Nancy <br />Pelosi video manipulated to make it <br />appear that she was slurring her words — <br />have stirred wide controversy in recent years
