Tagging Manipulated Media in a Polarized World


by Jennifer Yang Hui

CENS / Op-Eds

20 MARCH 2020



When the microblogging platform Twitter applied its “manipulated media” tag for the first time on 8 March 2020, it was on an edited video of a speech by former Vice President Joe Biden. The tag informs netizens when a photo or video has been “significantly altered or fabricated,” a more focused approach at targeting disputed visual-based content. While certainly a step forward, tackling the challenges of disinformation on social media remains an uphill battle.
For one, Twitter’s new initiative is aimed at anticipating future iterations of disinformation. Much has been made of the potentially disastrous impact of deepfakes, artificial intelligence-assisted video and audio editing for creating disinformation and sowing discord. From privacy breach to undermining public trust and even national security, the implications of deepfakes are limited only by the imaginations of certain actors.
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Citation:
Jennifer Yang Hui, “Tagging Manipulated Media in a Polarized World”, International Policy Digest, 20 March 2020

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