Based on this theoretical framework, I assess claims about different deepfakes’ harmful political impact. I augment this with a technology ethical analysis of recent deepfake use cases. Thereby, my contribution assesses a large body of literature on deepfakes’ impact, which is dispersed, often cu...
E.g. the IRA has long used fake social media accounts to exploit political tension (Stone, 2020b); and deepfakes were part of much larger disinformation campaigns (Paterson & Hanley, 2020: 443). Similarly, the deepfake of the Ukrainian president was most probably part of a Russian ...