Shallow Fakes

By: Albertina Antognini & Andrew Keane Woods*

Abstract 

Scholars and policymakers are rightly concerned with online deception, especially intentional efforts to spread fake news. But the problem of deception on social media is both subtler and more endemic than a series of malicious actors disseminating deepfakes. While platforms are indeed awash in fakery, many of these fakes are shallow—superficial tweaks … Read the rest