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Deepfake technology a cybersecurity threat that calls for multilateral co-operation

Opinion | BY ABBY MACDONALD | November 12, 2021
Deepfake technologies have been used to commit financial fraud, cause unrest and violence, and even to prank world leaders, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who, in 2020, spent more than 10 minutes on the phone with Russian pranksters who used a bot to pose as climate activist Greta Thunberg. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ABBY MACDONALD | November 12, 2021
Opinion | BY ABBY MACDONALD | November 12, 2021
Deepfake technologies have been used to commit financial fraud, cause unrest and violence, and even to prank world leaders, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who, in 2020, spent more than 10 minutes on the phone with Russian pranksters who used a bot to pose as climate activist Greta Thunberg. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade