Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: How Should Countries Tackle Deepfakes?

WHAT KINDS OF DAMAGE COULD DEEPFAKES CAUSE IN GLOBAL MARKETS OR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS?

Deepfakes could incite political violence, sabotage elections, and unsettle diplomatic relations. Earlier this year, for instance, a Belgian political party published a deepfake on Facebook that appeared to show U.S. President Donald Trump criticizing Belgium’s stance on climate change. The unsophisticated video was relatively easy to dismiss, but it still provoked hundreds of online comments expressing outrage that the U.S. president would interfere in Belgium’s internal affairs.