The Commission on Elections (Comelec) over the weekend has warned candidates for the 2020 elections that they will be held accountable if they use deep fakes in their respective political campaigns.
Deep fakes are videos that have been doctored or spliced to make it look that a certain personality is saying or doing something he or she did not say or do
Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez said that the integrity pledge signed by candidates include a section on deep fakes when they filed their Certificates of Candidacy in October.
Deep fakes are videos that have been doctored or spliced to make it look that a certain personality is saying or doing something he or she did not say or do.
“We have an integrity pledge and there is a section that deals specifically with cyber hygiene as well as rejection of the use of misinformation including the use of deep fakes,” Jimenez said.
According to the official, YouTube has surpassed Facebook as the most popular social networking tool, “and the reason for that is that YouTube is full of fake news.”
“YouTube is actually where a lot of people get the content that they amplify on other social media,” Jimenez said.
