Security News > 2020 > September > Microsoft builds deepfakes detection tool to combat election disinformation

Microsoft has developed a deepfakes detection tool to help news publishers and political campaigns, as well as technology to help content creators "Mark" their images and videos in a way that will show if the content has been manipulated post-creation.

The technology has been perfected since then and will surely continue to evolve and go on to produce ever more difficult-to-spot deepfakes.

In the short run Microsoft is trying to combat disinformation via deepfakes in time to make a positive impact on the integrity of November's U.S. presidential election.

To prevent bad actors from analyzing the tool and using the gleaned knowledge to make their deepfakes more likely to fool it, the tool will initially not be accessible to the general public.

Finally, Microsoft is also aware that by increasing people's media literacy and knowledge of how deepfakes look like and are used they will be more likely to spot deepfakes, understand the motives behind them, and objectively evaluate the value of both.

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