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Taylor Swift deepfakes on X falsely depict her engaging in election denialism — and have been viewed millions of times (www.nbcnews.com)
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Taylor Swift deepfakes on X falsely depict her engaging in election denialism — and have been viewed millions of times::Taylor Swift is being targeted again by deepfakes, with supporters of Donald Trump posting manipulated media falsely showing her supporting Trump.

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[–] [email protected] 83 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

For what it's worth, I doubt these videos were "viewed" millions of times. X tracks a 1-second automatic playback as a view, such as when someone slowly scrolls past on their feed. Every other service typically counts that as an impression.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Last I heard Zuckbook was just a lil better:

[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

BlueSky in 2028:

Clearly, 300ms is enough to show intent to watch

sweats profusely looking at engagement numbers dropping as this threshold is increased