China’s Deepfake Problem | “Decoding Democracy” | Marketplace Tech

On this installment of Marketplace Tech’s limited series “Decoding Democracy,” Lily Jamali speaks with Marketplace China Correspondent Jennifer Pak about a new pattern of deepfake videos popping up on Chinese social media channels and why they’re using the likenesses of western foreigners to sell products. Later, Jennifer and Lily discuss how the Chinese Communist Party regulates deepfakes and online misinformation in China’s highly censored internet ecosystem.
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It is great to see Ms. Pak! The AI images in the video is easy to identify as a deepfake. I wonder if this was intentional by the author? Has Ms. Pak seen videos with more convincing images?