• solo@kbin.earth
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    6 months ago

    So this title claims that

    US intelligence spotted Chinese, Iranian deepfakes in 2020 aimed at influencing US voters

    After that we get nothing but in more words:

    It’s unclear what was depicted in the deepfakes

    The NSA declined to comment.

    And some bits that kinda contradict the danger implied in the title

    The Chinese and Iranian operatives never disseminated the deepfake audio or video publicly

    While they didn’t deploy their deepfakes in 2020, Iranian government operatives

    At the time, some US officials who reviewed the intelligence were unimpressed, believing it showed China and Iran lacked the capability to deploy deepfakes in a way that would seriously impact the 2020 presidential election

    Finally, we arrive to the funniest part:

    This story has been updated with additional information.

    So the info is that there is no info? And this was written by 3 people? Give us a break CNN

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      6 months ago

      Welcome to the internet, where we only read the title, and what we’ll base our opinion on.

      This could also be seen as a form of misinformation. CNN can technically say “Yeah, but if you read the entire article…”, of which they know many people won’t.

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        6 months ago

        And if anything, the whole talk about AIPAC these days has taught me that influencing the US political process from foreign countries is… not that bad.