New report: Deepfake accounts pushed divisive trade war content

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A group of at least nearly 300 TikTok and Instagram accounts are using deepfakes of real influencers to push politically divisive content about the Canada–U.S. trade war to Canadians, according to a new report from the Canadian Digital Media Research Network. »»» Subscribe to CBC News to watch more videos: http://bit.ly/1RreYWS For breaking news, video, audio and in-depth coverage: https://www.cbc.ca/news Follow CBC News on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cbcnews Subscribe to CBC News on Snapchat: https://bit.ly/3leaWsr Subscribe to CBC News on WhatsApp…

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Source reliability: 85/100
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