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Deepfakes and voice cloning make online fraud harder to spot

Original: ⚠️ PSA: # Deepfakes , voice cloning, and synthetic # media make online fraud much harder to spot than in the days of dis

A new BBC Ideas animation produced with The Open University warns that deepfakes, voice cloning and other synthetic media have made online fraud far harder to detect than earlier, glitch-ridden fakes. The short film walks viewers through practical verification habits, urging people to check sources, cross-reference details and stay skeptical of unsolicited calls and videos before trusting them.

Why now: Growing public concern over increasingly realistic AI-generated scams is driving interest in practical detection advice.

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• ⚠️ PSA: # Deepfakes , voice cloning, and synthetic # media make online fraud much harder to spot than in the days of distorted hands and obvious # glitches . An animation from # BBC Ideas and The Open University breaks down practical verification habits to help recognize… · tksst@fediscience.org · 5

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