Headlines- 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.
- Propagandist journalists are seen as the true journalists by autocratic rulers and populist leaders worldwide, as they serve as the government's cheerleaders.
- Globally, populist and nationalist leaders passed draconian laws to punish journalists under the guise of "fake news" or "not in the national interest."
- 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 and news.
- Check Google Images for Authenticity. The 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.
- It is a horrible crime to post obscene, morphed images of women on social media networks, sometimes even in pornographic websites, as retaliation.
- If a fake message asks you to share something, you can quickly recognize it as fake messege.
- Always Check Independent Fact Checking Sites if You Have Some Doubts About the Authenticity of Any Information or Picture or video.
Tag: COVID-19
For Israeli and Palestinian Muslims...
The holy month of Ramadan is set to begin later this week for the world’s two billion Muslims. It is a month of fasting, family gatherings, and prayer in mosques. But all over the Muslim world, “shelter in place” orders will keep people at home. In Israel, the government is expected to announce a nightly curfew on Arab towns and East Jerusalem to keep people inside
Malawi Health Workers Face Stigma, ...
Malawi so far has confirmed 33 cases of COVID-19 and three deaths. But health workers say they are presumed to carry the virus, shunned in public, refused access to public transport, and even evicted from rented homes
Hard Hit by COVID, Spain Slowly Beg...
Spain, with one of the highest death tolls from coronavirus, enacted strict social-distancing measures in mid-March. But with the number of infections and deaths now slowing down, the Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has announced the kingdom is cautiously moving to relax those measures~VOA NEWS
End Prosecution of Bloggers for Cri...
Within the region, Tunisia enjoys a relatively high degree of political freedom. However, the past two years have seen a number of criminal prosecutions related to freedom of expression – many of which have used outdated laws from the era of ousted President Ben-Ali to prosecute critics for defamation and insulting state officials and institutions
Experts: Sufficient Testing, Hospit...
Several countries around the world, including Germany and South Korea, and a number of U.S. states are easing their coronavirus lockdown restrictions this week. But experts caution that a number of conditions need to be in place before people leave their homes and head back out to churches, shops, restaurants and beaches
COVID-19: US Medical Supply Volunte...
Medical students from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. have launched a volunteer organization called Med Supply Drive to help doctors get very needed medical supplies during the coronavirus pandemic. The students collect as many face masks, gloves, disinfectants and hand sanitizers as they can from tattoo parlors and labs to pass along to doctors who are working round the clock to save people
US Food Supply Strained Even as Far...
With more Americans cooking at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, grocery stores face higher consumer demand for food and other products precisely when the nation’s supply chain is being strained. While shortages of some basic goods have raised concerns about the U.S. food supply, VOA’s Kane Farabaugh reports from the state of Wisconsin – America’s dairy capital – that bare store shelves don’t necessarily mean the nation is running out of food
COVID-19:Fauci Video Game
there were doughnuts, now there’s a video game inspired by Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top infectious disease expert in the United States made famous during the coronavirus pandemic with his frequent television appearances. The video game is created by a Brooklyn-based startup Beat the Bomb. “Fauci’s Revenge” is free to play online and is also a fundraiser, with donations going toward New York City hospitals
Death of WHO Driver Sparks Calls Fo...
New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) appealed to the Myanmar government and the military to allow U.N. investigators access to the crime scene for an independent probe of the crime
Rome Starts an Uneasy Return to Nor...
Italy is edging towards an end of its lockdown, but with more than 23,000 death from coronavirus and still climbing, what the next phase is going to look like is still very unclear and much uncertainty remains. The Italian government has begun to allow some businesses to re-open