Was President Joe Biden recorded talking about the Silicon Valley Bank collapse? No — an audio clip circulating on social media is fake, experts said.
, and hear a voice similar to Biden’s."It looks like all the money is gone, and a lapse — a flaps — flapper, uh, a collapse is imminent," the voice says."But we have to uh, we have to, uh, we have to stay calm and think of ways to vent, uh, vent, vent, um, prevent a bank run." The text on the video says,"Biden on tape talking about us not panicking when the collapse happens. I warned you guys a year ago.
The second commenter was correct: The audio is fake. TikTok identified this video as part of its efforts to counter inauthentic, misleading or false content. An expert said clues in the audio prove it’s not real. "When I did my analysis, it had surprisingly low frequency, which typically in human voice, you don’t see," Malik said.By Samantha Putterman • February 22, 2023, a magazine from music education platform SoundFly, the frequencies of adult human voices range from 80 to 255 hertz during a conversation, varying for males and females. When Malik analyzed the audio clip, the frequency was 10 hertz.Social media users can suss out fake audio on their own, Malik said.
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