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Google, Facebook, Twitter aren't prepared for deepfakes, US Rep. Schiff says
CNet ^ | 8/06/19 | Joan E. Solsman

Posted on 08/06/2019 6:09:50 PM PDT by Libloather

Facebook, Twitter and Google aren't prepared for deepfakes ahead of the US presidential election, a top Congressman said after the tech giants sent letters last week about how they deal with high-tech doctored videos and other kinds of media manipulation. The companies "have begun thinking seriously" about the challenges, said Rep. Adam Schiff, a Democrat from California, but it's their responsibility to prevent their platforms from being weaponized.

"It's clear they are far from ready to accomplish that," Schiff said in a statement.

Deepfakes are sophisticated video forgeries, created automatically by artificial intelligence, that can make people appear to be doing or saying things they never did. Though computer manipulation of video has existed for decades, artificial intelligence is making deepfakes and other so-called synthetic media more accessible and harder to detect.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: facebook; google; schiff; twitter
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Schiffty knows stuff. He says so.
1 posted on 08/06/2019 6:09:50 PM PDT by Libloather
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He Smrt


2 posted on 08/06/2019 6:12:34 PM PDT by MuttTheHoople
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Those platforms are weaponized now.
3 posted on 08/06/2019 6:14:28 PM PDT by Cboldt
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Schiffhead is saying this in anticipation of disturbing pics or video of him going public.

Frankly any pic of Schiffty is disturbing to me though.


4 posted on 08/06/2019 6:15:45 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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Wow, there must be some videos of Schiff about to be released.


5 posted on 08/06/2019 6:16:15 PM PDT by usual suspect
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It’s pretty obvious to me every time I see Bugsy picture on a social “media” site. He’s the biggest fake to ever come down the pike and people are still allowed to post his picture.


6 posted on 08/06/2019 6:20:29 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (You can vote your way into socialism but you have to shoot your way out of it.)
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The beautiful irony if there is a fake video of him. Schiff expects these companies to authenticate each video and the bastard spent a couple of years leaking and lying about the counter-intelligence investigation.


7 posted on 08/06/2019 6:21:30 PM PDT by jimfree (My19 y/o granddaughter continues to have more quality exec experience than an 8 year Obama.)
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Deep fakes? Adam Schiff? It takes one to know one.


8 posted on 08/06/2019 6:25:21 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear
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Bet you Epstien has Shifty on film and he’s working on a good lie to deny it.


9 posted on 08/06/2019 6:27:22 PM PDT by Nateman (If the left is not screaming, you are doing it wrong.)
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Deep fakes is the excuse rats will use when they are caught on tape contradicting their opposition to Trump on those same positions.


10 posted on 08/06/2019 6:28:14 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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There is audio of Schiffty colluding with Russia. Big Media has decided to ignore it.

https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/report-schiff-fell-for-russian-prank-call


11 posted on 08/06/2019 6:31:53 PM PDT by Libloather (END CLIMATE CHANGE!)
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Is a “deepfake” a variation of a “bot?”

Who gives a sh!t if a social media platform is ready to deal with fake posts? As long as we are able to deal with crooked members of Congress, we should be fine.

13 posted on 08/06/2019 6:48:18 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave." -- Frederick Douglass)
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I’m sure a forensics lab specializing in this type of thing would be able to tell the difference.


14 posted on 08/06/2019 6:56:30 PM PDT by MagnoliaB ( You can't always get what you want but if you try sometime you will find you get what you need.)
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Google, Facebook, Twitter aren’t prepared for shallowfakes that agree with their ideological bias.


15 posted on 08/06/2019 7:06:48 PM PDT by omega4412
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I haven’t been able to access twitter for a couple of hours here in Illinois...It seems others are having the same issue....but other people report no problems


16 posted on 08/06/2019 7:09:50 PM PDT by janetjanet998
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💩 for brains.
17 posted on 08/06/2019 7:19:41 PM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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Deepfakes will certainly be used in the 2020 election. Be prepared to see convincing videos of Trump saying things he never said.


18 posted on 08/06/2019 7:28:04 PM PDT by TChad
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SHALLOW FAKE SCHIFF is warning of DEEP FAKES? Make. Me. Laugh.


19 posted on 08/06/2019 7:37:37 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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For once, Schiffty may be right.


20 posted on 08/06/2019 8:38:30 PM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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