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Deepfakes Make Online Fraud 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 BBC Ideas and Open University animation is warning that deepfakes, voice cloning and synthetic media have made online fraud far harder to detect than in the era of distorted hands and obvious glitches. The piece outlines practical verification habits people can use to recognize manipulated content and avoid being deceived by increasingly convincing fake audio and video.

Why now: Rapidly improving generative AI tools are making deepfake scams more convincing, prompting renewed public warnings about how to verify media.

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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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