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Taylor Swift deepfakes on X falsely depict her engaging in election denialism โ€” and have been viewed millions of times (www.nbcnews.com)
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Taylor Swift deepfakes on X falsely depict her engaging in election denialism โ€” and have been viewed millions of times::Taylor Swift is being targeted again by deepfakes, with supporters of Donald Trump posting manipulated media falsely showing her supporting Trump.

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[-] AGD4@lemmy.world 85 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

For what it's worth, I doubt these videos were "viewed" millions of times. X tracks a 1-second automatic playback as a view, such as when someone slowly scrolls past on their feed. Every other service typically counts that as an impression.

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