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: Cyclone Idai
Airlifts Provide Lifeline for Isola...
The Mozambican town of Buzi has been virtually cut off from the outside world after Cyclone Idai hit in March and washed away the major roads and bridges into the region
Mozambique: International Aid Targe...
In the wake of Cyclone Idai’s devastation, Mozambique now faces 1,000 cases of cholera. The soaring disease toll follows storm-surge flooding that contaminated wells with sewage
Beira Mayor Sets Example for Choler...
Mozambique kicked off its campaign to vaccinate nearly 900,000 survivors of Cyclone Idai against cholera, in Beira, Wednesday
Mozambique’s Cyclone Survivor...
Mozambique’s government and aid agencies have launched a cholera vaccination campaign Wednesday in the port city of Beira to treat nearly a million people affected by Cyclone Idai
More Aid Getting to Cyclone-Hit Moz...
Two weeks after Cyclone Idai slammed into Mozambique, some towns remain all but inaccessible because roads and bridges have been washed away. The situation has slowed the delivery of desperately-needed food and medicine
Malawi Activist Raises Funds for Cy...
Malawi is struggling to get relief aid to victims of flooding from Cyclone Idai, which killed at least 60 people and displaced hundreds of thousands. While the heaviest-hit southern areas are largely cut off, one Malawian activist is on a personal mission to help those affected
South Africa Police Dogs Search Cyc...
South African police sniffer dogs have been sent to parts of Zimbabwe hit by Cyclone Idai to help look for those who are missing and presumed dead. Survivors of the storm hope to find the bodies of their loved ones and give them a proper burial
UN Secretary-General Signs Book of ...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres signs the book of condolences at the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Mozambique to the United Nations, for the lives lost during the Cyclone Idai
Press Encounter by UN Secretary-Gen...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres
speaks to press about the devastation caused by Cyclone Idai in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi
Nearly Half of Cyclone Idai’s Vic...
The U.N. children’s fund reports the situation for hundreds of thousands of children caught up in this monumental storm is particularly dire. It says many do not have adequate shelter and are in urgent need of food and safe drinking water