Meta says it removed a deepfake video of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asking Ukrainians to surrender, citing its misleading manipulated media policy
In the fake video, Zelenskyy surrenders to Russian invasion — On Wednesday, Facebook's parent company, Meta …
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Discussion
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@ngleicher
Nathaniel Gleicher
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1/ Earlier today, our teams identified and removed a deepfake video claiming to show President Zelensky issuing a statement he never did. It appeared on a reportedly compromised website and then started showing across the internet.
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@hannaliubakova
Hanna Liubakova
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#Ukraine Hackers published a deep fake of @ZelenskyyUa urging citizens to lay down their arms. He responded immediately: “If I can offer someone to lay down their arms, it's the Russian military.Go home.Because we're home. We are defending our land, our children & our families.” …
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@c_c_krebs
Chris Krebs
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Some legit questions of whether this is a true deepfake and not just a manipulated video. In the purest “AI-generated deepfake” sense, no, it's not a deepfake. Nor is it a cheapfake like a slowed down video to imply someone's drunk, recalling the edited Pelosi video.
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@shayan86
@shayan86
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As a matter of principle, I never post or link to fake or false content. But @MikaelThalen has helpfully whacked a label on this Zelensky one, so here goes. I've seen some well-made deepfakes. This, however, has to rank among the worst of all time. https://twitter.com/...
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@ngleicher
Nathaniel Gleicher
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2/ We've quickly reviewed and removed this video for violating our policy against misleading manipulated media, and notified our peers at other platforms.
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@reichenstein
Oliver Reichenstein
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This is a good proving stone for free speech absolutists. Most of us would agree that posting deep fakes does not fall under freedom of speech. But how is a deep fake different from any other propaganda that misrepresents what someone else said? https://twitter.com/...
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@jsrailton
John Scott-Railton
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4/ Here's @ZelenskyyUa's reply.👇👇 Takeaway: deepfake wasn't convincing & he could reply fast. Thankfully his connectivity is good. But experimentation with fake calls to surrender hasn't stopped. Don't assume they will always be so badly executed. https://twitter.com/...
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@montyboa99
@montyboa99
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@ngleicher Cool. Now do the “fake news” posts and ads about the US creating bioweapons in Ukrainian labs that the US is actually just helping to decommission and decontaminate. You'll find them coming from Russia, China, QAnon and Fox News. https://twitter.com/...
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@cameronwilson
@cameronwilson
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it's funny how it still looks like shit but a lot of people wouldn't know unless you kinda knew what to look for https://twitter.com/...
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@jsrailton
John Scott-Railton
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2/ Remember, @Meta, @google & others recently tracked & blocked attacks* against #Ukrainian officials' accounts. The apparent objective? Post “Zelensky surrenders” content. *Phishing attributed to #ghostwriter (Belarusian-gov-linked),
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@digiphile
Alex Howard
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Rapid removal by @Meta followed by notification of takedown + link to policy is also pitch-perfect: https://twitter.com/... Russia's war is causing rapid, historic shifts with enduring effects on our public sphere, generating new democratic norms to check the autocratic playbook
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@goldbe
Sharon Goldberg
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Another one of those “progress in computer science has serious consequences” moment. Super disturbing. And really hard to explain to non technical people (which makes it even worse). https://twitter.com/...
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@runasand
Runa Sandvik
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According to @MikaelThalen's March 16 article, both Ukraine 24 and Segodnya were compromised and then used to spread the video. Not sure which site Nathaniel is referring to here, though. https://twitter.com/...
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@c_c_krebs
Chris Krebs
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Hey @peterwsinger, check off another one off the #LikeWar bingo card. Interesting timing, with reports of a peace deal brewing. Not clear who's behind it, but notable to see a capability that's been long-feared observed in time of war. https://twitter.com/...
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@c_c_krebs
Chris Krebs
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Conventionally speaking (at the expense of precision), tho, “deepfake” seems to = all manipulated media. Plus, when tensions are up, emotions high, and trigger fingers are itchy, optimizing for quality isn't always the priority and any old shit will do.
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@jsrailton
John Scott-Railton
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3/ A deepfake'd @ZelenskyyUa calls on soldiers of #Ukraine to lay down their arms. #Zelenskyy, being a quick guy, already has a video mocking it. He suggests instead that #Russian soldiers lay down *their* arms. https://twitter.com/...
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@adam_k_levin
Adam Levin
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It looks like deepfakes are part of Russia's cyber arsenal: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ ...
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@samidh
@samidh
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It took a lot of work over many years for this action to be possible today: 1. Policies precisely defining deep fakes 2. Ability to monitor viral content 3. Detection tools (incl. of variants) 4. Cross-industry & gov partnerships 5. Building teams w/ right expertise Well done! ht…
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@jsrailton
John Scott-Railton
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WHOA: @Meta just found a deepfake of #Zelensky giving a statement.👇👇 That he did not give. They removed it. This is probably only the beginning. https://twitter.com/...
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@shanehuntley
Shane Huntley
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What this Zelenskyy “Deep Fake” video may end up showing is that people are actually pretty aware of how easy it is to fake videos and how quickly they get reported and taken down.