fakes
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That Viral Photo of Ernest With Jeffrey Epstein Is Actually Fake
Have you seen that photo of beloved actor Jim Varney, famous for the Ernest movie franchise, standing next to convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein? The photo has been doing the rounds on Twitter today, but we’re here to tell you Ernest isn’t cancelled. The image is photoshopped.
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‘Artist’ Apologises For Telling Plane Passengers He’s Infected With Coronavirus For Viral Video
A Canadian man who announced he was infected with the new coronavirus during a WestJet flight from Toronto to Jamaica on Monday says he was trying to make a viral video, according to a new report from Canada’s Global News. The plane turned around after the man, identified as 28-year-old James Potok, stood up and…
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Facebook Bans Deepfake Videos That Would Mislead The Average Person, Fails To Define ‘Average Person’
Facebook announced overnight that it will ban any deepfake videos that wouldn’t be recognised by the average person as parody or satire. There was just one problem: the tech giant didn’t clearly define any of those terms. The Book of Faces didn’t bother to say what “parody,” “satire,” or “average person,” means, which will probably bite…
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30 Viral Fakes That Defined The 2010s
The decade of the 2010s saw the rise of social media and the proliferation of digital tools that allow people to alter photos and videos. When you put those two forces together, you get a lot of fake images circulating. And these were the ones that helped define the past 10 years.