Tracer Newsletter #58 (09/07/20)-Deepfake Threat Intelligence: A statistics snapshot from June 2020
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Deepfake Threat Intelligence: A statistics snapshot from June 2020
In September 2019, we released our State of Deepfakes report, the first research of its kind providing data-driven analysis of the deepfake landscape. Since we collected this report’s data in July 2019, the technologies and activity surrounding deepfakes have continued to rapidly evolve….
News
1) Disney and ETH Zurich Researchers developed the first technique for faceswapping videos and images at a megapixel resolution. (The Verge)
2) The French ambassador to Cameroon found himself at the heart of a controversy after a deepfake of him was broadcast on social media saying “The French Republic is the supervisory power that colonized Cameroon”. (Journalism.Design)
3) A Republican congressional candidate spread a conspiracy theory that George Floyd died in 2016 and the video of his death was a “deepfake hoax”. (Daily Dot)
4) Filmmakers used faceswapping to “digitally veil” at-risk interviewees for a documentary on the persecution of gay people in Chechnya. (NY Times)
5) Technical University of Munich researchers published a paper addressing the notorious deepfake “arms race” dynamic with a technique that can detect facial forgery on videos manipulated by previously unseen techniques. (Github)
6) Google announced it would add independent fact-checking labels for certain image searches featuring misleadingly edit or out of context results. (TechCrunch)
7) Adobe’s Content Authenticity Initiative released a white paper detailing their approach to creating an open standard for authenticating visual media. (Adobe)
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