Archive - Faked Up

January 2025

AI gave us Jesus hugs and automated CCP propaganda

🤥 Faked Up #34: AI hugging videos are a prelude to more deepfake harassment, DeepSeek parrots CCP talking points, and two new surveys contradict…

Jan 29 •

Deepfake labels and detectors still don't work

🤥 Faked Up #33: Catholic page uses Google to spread unlabeled AI slop on Meta, Deepfake image detectors flop basic test, and Kent Walker thinks…

Jan 22 •

AI nudifier makes a mockery of Meta's moderation

🤥 Faked Up #32: Crush AI ran 8,010 ads on Meta, Fact-checkers and crowds are not mutually exclusive, and AI slop tops Google image results for [does…

Jan 15 •

Chasing the crowd

What we seek when we turn to crowd-driven fact-checking

Jan 13

Zuck chucks fact-checkers to cosplay as Elon Musk

🤥 Faked Up #31: Meta terminates fact-checking program, Matryoshka migrates to BlueSky, and Spiegel identifies MrDeepFakes

Jan 8 •

Launching the Faked Up academic library

I'm keeping a running list of worthwhile academic studies on digital deception so you don't have to.

Jan 7 •

Faked Up 2024 Impact Report

This newsletter led to as many takedowns as it has subscribers

Jan 6 •

December 2024

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