Deepfakes are showing up on the popular video app TikTok - Business Insider

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Deepfakes, a type of face-swapping technology, is showing up on the wildly popular 60-second video app TikTok.

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Users of the app are inserting their face, and faces of popular TV characters like Michael Scott from The Office, into videos that feature someone else.This technology has raised concerns over how it could be used to spread misinformation and damage reputations and earlier this year, Facebook announced it would now remove some deepfakes under its new policy.

 

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