It's All Fun And Games Until Someone Gets Hurt: The Implications Of Deepfakes

The earliest roots of deepfakes were a source of social media fun. Anyone capable of taking a selfie could superimpose their face onto a super model's body and share it for all of their followers to see. Users could also apply any one of the ubiquitous face filters that allow you to add some floppy dog ears or bunny whiskers to your Instagram photos. These types of distorted images were the first incarnations of the deepfake era, and until recently, it was harmless. Today, however, deepfakes are shaking the very foundation of our trust in what we see, hear and believe, to the point that we're not sure what is real and what is fake.