Deepfake

Deepfake is basically a technique or methodology which is generally used to create a fake celebrity videos in order to humiliate them or take out revenge on them. It generally started with porn but now the same has been extended to attack political and powerful figures also. This technique basically uses some sort of AI combined with a detailed analysis of human face identification, movements and other parameters.

Imagine a face of a major political leader engaged in unlawful or socially humiliating activity which has been created by Deepfake. In such a case, the democracy of the country. Porn videos generally faces the maximum uses of this technoque. However, until February 2018, Pornhub has taken a stand against this technique and has promised to put a ban od deepfake videos. But, there are still a lot of Deepfake videos in Pornhub. Probabaly, this might have to do with the huge traffic inflow for the website.

The age of internet era is such that it is impossible to remove all the videos at once. It would be an analytical driven emotional quotient for the website owners or builders. This term was coined in 2017 basically. Apart from videos and images, even fake news and malicious hoaxes can be created using this technique. (Source: Wikipedia)

Popular host, Jimmy Fallon appeared as Donald Trump on 4th May, 2016 and appeared calling Barrack Obama to tell that he had victory in Indiana. This was basically a huge takeover on the political scenario in the us. Popular actress, Scarlett Johansson, has faced the wrath of this technique in Deepfake Porn. However, the actress took a firm stand telling that the deepfake images couldn't affect her image as she is one of the most respected and famous celebrity in Hollywood as of now.

Deepfake pornography surfaced mainly on Reddit during 2017. A reddit user named deepfake as well as other shared many morphed or deepfake celebrity porn videos. Over time, many of the bugs in those videos were fixed which made it really hard to distinguish the original and the fake videos. In Feb 2018, r/deepfakes was banned completely for carrying out such activities on the platform to mainitain the integrity of the forum.(Source: Wikipedia)

Manipulation has become a popular as a disastrous phenomenon. People in this age of internet cannot just avoid to stay out of it. It might have a motive of revenge or popularity or madness. It has become like a disease that's hard to kill because it is mostly mental. The biggest effect of deepfake is that a content cannot be detected whether it is true or fake. This problem can probably be solved by trust in information and journalism. The pitfall of the problem is that noone would be able to judge whether the statement is true or false.

People are still creating deepfake videos in order to create tutorials to teach people. Now every coin has its two sides. It is basically upto the technocrats and the users how to use such apps. If these apps are used for education purpose or fun without affeting any individual, religious beliefs or news, then, I think that is okay. But, if such apps would be used for defaming purpose or revnge, then that is a serious mental issue of the population or we can simply say that democracy is at stake. Because, noone is safe even at their homes in such a case.