Facebook's policy banning deepfakes was put to the test during Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The company confirmed on Wednesday that it had removed a video that was supposed to show Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Meta's head of Security Policy Nathaniel Gleicher said in a statement that their teams identified and removed a video that claimed to show President Zelensky issuing a statement. 2/ We've quickly reviewed and removed this video for violating our policy against misleading manipulated media, and notified our peers at other platforms. Snopes reported that the video, which it described as poorly done, also aired on a Ukrainian TV station that was reportedly hacked. Zelensky's head didn't fit on his neck and there were obvious signs that the footage was fake.
K. Bell|03.16.22
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