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Deepfakes make online fraud far harder to spot

Original: ⚠️ PSA: # Deepfakes , voice cloning, and synthetic # media make online fraud much harder to spot than in the days of dis

A public-service warning is circulating that deepfakes, voice cloning and other synthetic media have made online fraud far harder to detect than in the era of obviously distorted hands and visible glitches. A short animation produced by BBC Ideas and The Open University is being shared alongside it, offering practical verification habits people can use to recognize manipulated content before falling for scams.

Why now: Concern over increasingly realistic AI-generated scams is prompting renewed advice on how to verify online content.

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• ⚠️ PSA: # Deepfakes , voice cloning, and synthetic # media make online fraud much harder to spot than in the days of distorted hands and obvious # glitches . An animation from # BBC Ideas and The Open University breaks down practical verification habits to help recognize… · tksst@fediscience.org · 5

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