Deepfakes: Facebook moves to regulate fake reports
Social media giant, Facebook has assured it would take down deepfakes for its controversial and deceitful manipulation. Deepfakes are highly manipulative videos that are computer-generated. These clips are designed to look real by taking a person in an existing video and replacing them with someone's likeness. It's to give the impression that such a person being represented said or did what he's said to have been done. Facebook issued the new guidelines to remove such fake manipulations, but did not say it would also affect the all rejigged videos, like the controversial one involving the Speaker of US Congress, Nancy Pelosi. “While these videos are still rare on the Internet, they present a significant challenge for our industry and society as their use increases,” Monika Bickert, the company’s vice president for global policy management, wrote in a blog. The online platform stated that only those that will be affected are videos that depict a character saying fic