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Deepfakes are AI-made videos and images that show real people doing things they never did. They're getting harder to spot, but a checklist still beats nothing.
Five years ago, deepfakes had giveaway tells: weird hands, wobbling teeth, mouths that didn't match the words. Today, the best ones are almost perfect to a casual eye. So the rule has flipped: you can't really detect a deepfake by looking — you have to investigate the source.
| Trustworthy source signals | Sketchy source signals |
|---|---|
| Multiple known outlets reporting it | Only a single sus account posted it |
| Original poster has a long history | Account is brand-new or low-follower |
| Video has consistent metadata | Watermarks scrubbed off |
Find an image that went viral this week. Reverse-image-search it. Trace it back to the first place it was posted. Check whether real outlets are reporting on it. The whole process takes about 5 minutes once you've done it once.
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