Schiff Calls ‘Deepfakes’ a Nightmarish Threat to 2020 Elections
- Intelligence panel holds hearing on social-media fabrications
- Doctored Pelosi video added to concern over counterfeits
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A top House Democrat warned that “deepfakes” -- audio and video fabricated to depict people saying or doing things they never said or did -- may lead to “nightmarish scenarios” during the 2020 political campaigns.
“Now is the time for social-media companies to put in place policies to protect users from misinformation, not in 2021 after viral deepfakes have polluted the 2020 elections,” Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff of California said at a hearing on Thursday. He said Congress needs to understand the implications of deepfakes and artificial intelligence that can be used to produce them.