Fake videos prompt need for law

TECHNOLOGY has advanced so much that one can now produce or alter audio or video content to show or present something that actually didn’t happen.

With deepfake technology (which combines “deep learning” with “fake”), one can, for example, superimpose someone’s face over another person’s to create a video to support his or her own agenda. The video is then circulated online, with disastrous consequences on the victim if the purpose is vile in nature, such as the sex video that is currently doing its rounds on social media in Malaysia.