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Deepfakes make online fraud harder to spot

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

A short animated explainer from BBC Ideas and The Open University outlines practical habits for verifying online content, noting that deepfakes, voice cloning and synthetic media have made fraud far harder to detect than the era of distorted hands and obvious glitches. Viewers are sharing it as a reminder to check sources, cross-reference footage and stay sceptical of urgent requests.

Why now: Rapidly improving AI-generated media is raising fresh concern about scams and misinformation.

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• ⚠️ ICYMI: # 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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