Finding facts among fakes: how current approaches to detecting deepfakes are flawed

At least, it used to be. Visual information has been the cornerstone of how we discern fact from fiction, especially within our image driven culture. Of course, there are exceptions to this rule. After all, the world is rife with altered images, whether we're speaking about photoshopped models in advertisements or an animated dragon in the latest blockbuster. However, in most such scenarios we are generally not only capable of spotting what is false, but we expect it.