In the run-up to the US presidential election in November this year, social platforms have been under pressure to tackle the threat of deepfakes. — Reuters
Facebook Inc said it will remove deepfakes and other manipulated videos from its platform if they have been edited, but not content that is parody or satire, in a move aimed at curbing misinformation ahead of the US presidential election.
The social media giant would also remove misleading media if it was a result of technologies like AI that "merges, replaces or superimposes content on to a video, making it appear to be authentic", it said in a blogpost dated Jan 6.
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