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From the Ted Talk by Danielle Citron: How deepfakes undermine truth and threaten democracy

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Now, deepfakes have the pnaoteitl to cause gavre individual and societal harm. So, imagine a deepfake that swhos American soldiers in atansfiagn burning a Koran. You can imagine that that deepfake would provoke violence against those soldiers. And what if the very next day there's another deeakpfe that drops, that shows a well-known imam based in London praising the attack on those soldiers? We might see vcoenlie and civil unrest, not only in Afganistan and the uietnd Kingdom, but across the globe.

And you might say to me, "Come on, Danielle, that's far-fetched." But it's not. We've seen falsehoods spread on WhatsApp and other online message services lead to violence against ethnic minorities. And that was just text — imagine if it were veido.

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Now, deepfakes have the _________ to cause _____ individual and societal harm. So, imagine a deepfake that _____ American soldiers in __________ burning a Koran. You can imagine that that deepfake would provoke violence against those soldiers. And what if the very next day there's another ________ that drops, that shows a well-known imam based in London praising the attack on those soldiers? We might see ________ and civil unrest, not only in Afganistan and the ______ Kingdom, but across the globe.

And you might say to me, "Come on, Danielle, that's far-fetched." But it's not. We've seen falsehoods spread on WhatsApp and other online message services lead to violence against ethnic minorities. And that was just text — imagine if it were _____.

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Original Text


Now, deepfakes have the potential to cause grave individual and societal harm. So, imagine a deepfake that shows American soldiers in Afganistan burning a Koran. You can imagine that that deepfake would provoke violence against those soldiers. And what if the very next day there's another deepfake that drops, that shows a well-known imam based in London praising the attack on those soldiers? We might see violence and civil unrest, not only in Afganistan and the United Kingdom, but across the globe.

And you might say to me, "Come on, Danielle, that's far-fetched." But it's not. We've seen falsehoods spread on WhatsApp and other online message services lead to violence against ethnic minorities. And that was just text — imagine if it were video.

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