A parody account was suspended after posting a Zuckerberg deepfake, despite Zuckerberg advocating in favor of the same video publicly.
Demand Progress Action, the advocacy group behind the “fake zuck” deepfake originally uploaded the video, which digitally mimics both Zuckerberg’s appearance and voice, originally tried to upload the video to Instagram on November 29. The account was promptly suspended with no clear explanation. That same video appearsabout the account during the New York Ti
mes DealBook summit by commentator Andrew Ross Sorkin following reporting on the deep fake from Gizmodo and other outlets. During the exchange Zuckerberg appears to have“It was clear that it was a deepfake,” Zuckerberg said. “It was sort of like a parody. Allowing people to do humor and allowing people to show technology is important.” The CEO said Meta’s policies against manipulated media would kick in “if it was really trying to trick people.
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