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[-] solo@kbin.earth 21 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

So this title claims that

US intelligence spotted Chinese, Iranian deepfakes in 2020 aimed at influencing US voters

After that we get nothing but in more words:

It’s unclear what was depicted in the deepfakes

The NSA declined to comment.

And some bits that kinda contradict the danger implied in the title

The Chinese and Iranian operatives never disseminated the deepfake audio or video publicly

While they didn’t deploy their deepfakes in 2020, Iranian government operatives

At the time, some US officials who reviewed the intelligence were unimpressed, believing it showed China and Iran lacked the capability to deploy deepfakes in a way that would seriously impact the 2020 presidential election

Finally, we arrive to the funniest part:

This story has been updated with additional information.

So the info is that there is no info? And this was written by 3 people? Give us a break CNN

[-] NoTimeLeft@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

Welcome to the internet, where we only read the title, and what we'll base our opinion on.

This could also be seen as a form of misinformation. CNN can technically say "Yeah, but if you read the entire article...", of which they know many people won't.

[-] foggianism@lemmy.world -1 points 4 months ago

And if anything, the whole talk about AIPAC these days has taught me that influencing the US political process from foreign countries is... not that bad.

[-] hark@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

US intelligence fearmongering with shallowfakes.

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