Headlines- False or misleading informations are spread by organizations posing as legitimate media outlets in an attempt to twist public opinion in favor of a certain ideology.
- On social media,watch out for fake messages,pictures,Videos and news.
- Always Check Independent Fact Checking Sites if You Have Some Doubts About the Authenticity of Any Information or Picture or video.
- Check Google Images for AuthThe Google Reverse Images search can helps you.
- It Would Be Better to Ignore Social Media Messages that are forwarded from Unknown or Little-Known Sources.
- If a fake message asks you to share something, you can quickly recognize it as fake messege.
- It is a heinous crime and punishable offence to post obscene, morphed images of women on social media networks, sometimes even in pornographic websites, as retaliation.
- Deepfakes use artificial intelligence (AI)-driven deep learning software to manipulate preexisting photographs, videos, or audio recordings of a person to create new, fake images, videos, and audio recordings.
- AI technology has the ability to manipulate media and swap out a genuine person's voice and likeness for similar counter parts.
- Deepfake creators use this fake substance to spread misinformation and other illegal activities.Deepfakes are frequently used on social networking sites to elicit heated responses or defame opponents.
- One can identify AI created fake videos by identifying abnormal eye movement, Unnatural facial expressions, a lack of feeling, awkward-looking hand,body or posture,unnatural physical movement or form, unnatural coloring, Unreal-looking hair,teeth that don't appear natural, Blurring, inconsistent audio or noise, images that appear unnatural when slowed down, differences between hashtags blockchain-based digital fingerprints, reverse image searches.
- Look for details,like stange background,orientation of teeth,handsclothing,asymmetrical facial features,use reverse image search tools.
Month: August 2019
Journalist Ignace Sossou convicted of false...
A court in Benin’s largest city, Cotonou, on August 12 handed Sossou, a reporter with the privately owned Benin Web TV news website, a suspended sentence of one month imprisonment and a fine of 500,000 CFA francs (US$850) for alleged “publication of false information by electronic networks” under article 550 of Benin’s digital code
Report Finds Genocidal Intent Sexual Violence...
Myanmar’s civilian government and powerful military have rejected the findings of U.N. and other independent investigations of the events of August 2017 and have done little to hold anyone accountable for the violent campaign to expel the Rohingya
Member of UN Fact-Finding Mission on...
Press Briefing by Radhika Coomaraswamy, Member of the UN Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar
Moscow Residents Fear Radioactive Risk From...
Moscow activists say a new road project next to a Soviet-era nuclear waste site could pose a radioactive risk
US-China Trade War is Good News...
The continuing trade war between the U.S. and China may be causing businesses in both countries anxiety, but the trade dispute is good news for businesses in other countries as many companies have or are moving their manufacturing away from China
CPDM, MANIDEM ‘Television’ Politicians Wish All...
Secretary-General of the Cameroon People’s Party, Frank Essi, opined that “The people who advocate secession must be condemned … the main responsibility for such degradation lies with the government that has not established a plan for law enforcement.”
Coal Industry’s Decline Hits Nation’s Largest...
Coal has powered progress since the Industrial Revolution. While coal-fired power is on the rise in Asia, it’s declining in the United States and much of Europe as cheaper alternatives and climate concerns push it out of the market. While the fall has hit coal towns hard in the Appalachian region of the eastern United States, the Western state of Wyoming is the nation’s leading coal producer
Freed Kazakh Activist Says Authorities Offered...
Bilash had been under house arrest since being detained in March and flown to the Kazakh capital Nur-Sultan—formerly known as Astana—amid accusations from Chinese officials that he had “fabricated” the cases he was documenting, in an arrest that was widely seen as having been made at Beijing’s behest
Two Years After Brutal Crackdown, Myanmar’s...
Some 700,000 ethnic Rohingyas have fled Myanmar for Bangladesh following a brutal military crackdown that began in August 2017 in northwest Rakhine state. But for the more than 120,000 Rohingya who remained in Myanmar, life is grim and many fear for their future. From reporting done in Myanmar’s Rakhine state
Hong Kong Protests Continue, Confrontational and...
Demonstrations continue in Hong Kong as activists employ a wide range of strategies to spread their pro-democracy message. Mike O’Sullivan reports from the semi-autonomous Chinese territory