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Deepfakes Make Online Fraud Harder to Spot, PSA Warns

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 early days of distorted hands and obvious glitches. It points to a BBC Ideas and Open University animation that lays out practical verification habits people can use to recognize manipulated content before falling for scams.

Why now: Rising concern that AI-generated deepfakes and voice cloning are making online scams increasingly convincing.

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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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