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Meta Allows Deepfake of Irish Presidential Candidate To Spread for 12 Hours Before Removal


Meta removed a deepfake video from Facebook that falsely depicted Catherine Connolly withdrawing from Ireland's presidential election. The video was posted to an account called RTE News AI and viewed almost 30,000 times over 12 hours before the Irish Independent contacted the platform. The fabricate...

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