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: February 2020
Bangladesh Court Bans 2 Books, Orders...
The court’s ruling to ban the books, “Grandma’s Dictum” and “Dia Arefin,” – both works of non-fiction – and to order them removed them from stalls at the Ekushey Book Fair occurred on the fifth anniversary of the murder of U.S.-Bangladeshi secular blogger and writer Avijit Roy. He was killed in a machete-attack by Muslim zealots as he was leaving the literary festival
Tibetan New Year in Lhasa Celebrated...
Tashi Rongbu, a member of the Standing Committee for the Tawu county Party Committee, and an official named Choetha, deputy head of the county government, had permitted funerals and other public gatherings to be held in Tawu, “causing adverse social impacts,” a People’s Daily report said on Feb. 25
Kenya Allows UN Envoy for Extrajudicial...
Kenya has for the first time allowed the informal visit of a UN envoy on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions. Agnès Callamard, a French human rights expert, met with relatives of police killings in Nairobi’s slums, where hundreds of cases have left relatives and friends of victims feeling powerless
Uighur Education in US
A Sunday school in a northern Virginia suburb of Washington, D.C. is teaching the Uighur language and culture to Uighur-American youngsters as a way to counter the repression in China against Uighurs in Xinjiang Province. The school, Ana Care & Education, was founded in 2017 and was the first Sunday school in the U.S. to offer these courses
Saving Corporal The Canine, Ukraine’s Dog...
When Ukrainian soldiers found a stray dog during their war with Russia-backed separatists, they took him in and called him Corporal. He’s since become a wounded war veteran after surviving a land mine explosion
Kazakhstan: Activist Dies in Detention, Piling...
It all began with a knock on the door in the night. By the time police in Kazakhstan’s capital, Nur-Sultan, had announced the death of seasoned protester Dulat Agadil on February 25, footage of his detention had already been widely shared on social media. Videos posted on Facebook showed how Agadil, a 43-year-old father of six, was …
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Grand Canyon Painter
The Grand Canyon is one of the marvels of the natural world, and few know it better than an artist who spent more than 30 years living there
Spanish Fishermen Getting Financial Support...
Every year, around 12 million tons of plastic waste are dumped into the world’s oceans – polluting the water, killing wildlife, and creating micro-plastics that enter the food chain. Now a group of fishermen in Barcelona, Spain has begun an innovative new project in which they are given financial support to catch plastic
Qatar Economy Grows Despite Land and...
It has been almost three years since Saudi Arabia and other Sunni-majority nations started a land and air blockade against the tiny oil-producing gulf nation of Qatar, accusing it of supporting groups including the Muslim Brotherhood and for its ties to Iran
Remote Part of Myanmar Faces Food...
The Myanmar military and a number of armed groups are present in the region, including the rebel Kachin Independence Army (KIA); the National Democratic Army-Kachin (NDA-K), an armed group that was converted into a Border Guard Force under Myanmar military command; and the Lisu and Rawang militias