Summary
Overseas "content farms" are using AI to create fake news about UK politicians on social media. A BBC investigation found these pages, mostly from Vietnam, spreading false information, leading to their removal by Meta. Experts warn about the impact of these manipulations, especially with upcoming elections.
Key Facts
- "Content farms" are using AI to make fake news about UK politics.
- Meta removed Vietnam-based pages from Facebook following a BBC investigation.
- The fake stories included altered videos and images of UK politicians.
- The Electoral Commission is working on software to detect these deepfakes.
- Deepfakes are digital manipulations making fake things look real, sometimes affecting reputations.
- The pages implied they were UK news outlets but were mostly run from Vietnam.
- Despite removal, new fake news pages appeared almost daily.
- Facebook used fact-checkers like Full Fact to mark certain stories as false.
