| 2023Type: Website
The report, JUST JOKING!, analyses more than seventy recent cases of a wide range of deepfakes. Some are examples of potent satire, art, or activism, from mocking authoritarian leaders to synthetically resurrecting victims of injustice to demand action. But others demonstrate how bad actors use comedy as both a sword and a shield, to glorify the powerful and attack marginalized communities, while seeking to escape culpability. Increasingly, satire is used as a defensive excuse — “just joking!” — after a video has circulated and caused harm.
Vishwakarma Singh, Dan Lee | 2021Type: Blog post
The Guardian | 2017Type: News article
Sarah Jeong | 2018Type: Book
Tom Wilson, Kate Starbird | 2020Type: Journal article
Paul Barrett | 2019Type: Report
Craig Silverman | 2020Type: Book
The latest edition of the Verification Handbook arrives at a critical moment. Today’s information environment is more chaotic and easier to manipulate than ever before. This book equips journalists with the knowledge to investigate social media accounts, bots, private messaging apps, information operations, deep fakes, as well as other forms of disinformation and media manipulation. The first resource of its kind, it builds on the first edition of the Verification Handbook and the Verification Handbook for Investigative Reporting. The book is published by the European Journalism Centre and supported by Craig Newmark Philanthropies.
Trevor Martin | 2017Type: Website
C. Thi Nguyen | 2018Type: Magazine article